Harte to explore Ontario properties
Recent agreements involving Harte Resources (CDN) affect a package of properties in the Beardmore-Geraldton camp of northwestern Ontario. Harte entered into a new arrangement with Tombill Mines (TSE) …
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NEWS IN BRIEF (April 10, 1995)
Lana Gold (LAL:VSE) has changed its name to Global Technologies on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.
GOLD FUNDS (April 10, 1995)
BGR Central Net Value $16.33 $6.54 Price $14.50 $6.75 Discount 11.20% Premium 3.2% Value $127,662,000 $122,170,275…
Chase drilling Taysan project
Drilling continues to delineate the Taysan copper-gold porphyry deposit in the Philippines. Situated 100 km south of Manila in Batangas province, the project is owned by Taysan Copper, a company in wh…
Americomm buys Nevada properties
Oklahoma-based Americomm (NASDAQ) will acquire all the Nevada gold interests of Southwestern Gold (TSE). The deal includes 148 unpatented, non-producing mining claims contained within four properties….
EDITORIAL PAGE — Learning from the past
The abuses of Spain’s conquest and exploitation of South and Central America serve as a cautionary lesson for present-day developers, according to Oscar Arias Sanchez, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and f…
Cornucopia project portfolio features gold targets in Nevada
The winter months were not idle ones for Cornucopia Resources (TSE), which made substantial progress on several of its principal projects. Chief among these is the wholly owned Mineral Ridge, formerly…
Arlo drilling in Panama
Junior Arlo Resources (VSE) has commenced diamond drilling on two properties in Panama. At the Oro del Norte copper-gold concession, 110 km west of Panama City, six holes are being drilled in a 1,000-…
Goldcorp drilling intersects gold
During a preliminary drill program on the lower levels of the Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario, Goldcorp (TSE) uncovered two promising gold discoveries. The first was found between levels 30 and …
OBITUARY — Gordon Plaskett
Longtime mining executive Gordon Plaskett died recently in Peterborough, Ont. He was 76. Plaskett served as president of Canadex Resources and Santa Maria Mines, both of which have connections to the …
Laminco tests San Antonio
Plans to develop the Luz del Cobre copper deposit as an in situ leaching operation are on hold as Laminco Resources (TSE) evaluates the potential for bulk-tonnage gold mineralization. Luz del Cobre fo…
COMMENTARY — Galvanizing and the zinc market
Increasingly, the demand for zinc has come to rely on the galvanizing sector. According to the latest figures from the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, consumption in this sector rose by some …