$3 million for NWT properties
This year, Cumberland Resources (VSE) and Comaplex Minerals (TSE) plan to spend more than $3 million on their Meadowbank and Meliadine gold projects in the Northwest Territories. Work on Meadowbank, s…
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EXPLORATION ’95 — Diabior and partners explore northern
Exploration successes, particularly in remote regions of Canada, usually result from good properties, exploration know-how, persistence, and a dash of luck. One junior hoping its properties will benef…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Manitoba mineral exploration expenditures
The province of Manitoba last year experienced its highest exploration expenditures in four years; ministry of energy and mines personnel estimate that $40 million was spent in this area. By year-end,…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Search for diamonds continues in
Diamond exploration expenditures were the main area of growth in Saskatchewan in 1994, rising by more than 60% from the previous year. The ministry of energy and mines estimates that total surface min…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Higher prices makes moly projects
Molybdenum generated little interest in past years because of poor market conditions and depressed prices. But all that appears to have changed. Today, moly oxide prices are at the US$15.50-16.50-per-…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Placer Dome works to rebuild reserves
Replacing reserves is no easy task for companies that annually produce millions of ounces of gold. One major company that has encountered considerable success in achieving this goal through exploratio…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Plata to focus on Argentine gold and zinc
Gold and copper are not the only commodities being pursued in Argentina. Newly listed Plata Mining (ASE) intends to focus on the historic Hualilan gold property in San Juan province. But the junior al…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Regional and community planning —
One of the key planks in the New Democratic Party campaign in the 1991 provincial election was a promise to develop a “land-use strategy” that would end the “valley-by-valley” conflicts in British Col…
Westpine awaits exploration funding
The scope of this year’s work on the Taseko property, west of Clinton, B.C., will depend on the amount of funding available. Owner Westpine Metals (VSE) outlined a zone of copper-in-soil anomalies ext…
San Fernando drilling returns values
Drilling on the Viruela zone of gold project in the Mulatos area of northwestern Mexico has returned oxide gold and high-grade copper values. Owner San Fernando Mining (TSE) describes the Viruela as a…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Drilling extends mineralization — Booker
Drilling has extended the stockwork porphyry copper-gold mineralization over 250 metres at the Hearne Hill project in British Columbia to the northeast, beyond the previously defined limits. The depos…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Nugget drilling Hill End project
A drilling program is under way on Hawkins Hill at the Hill End project of Nugget Resources (ASE) in New South Wales, Australia. The junior says an east-west “fence” of holes will crosscut the line of…