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ODDS’N’SODS — Eleven words of wisdom

Mines do not spring forth from Mother Nature’s womb fully foaled. These immortal words of wisdom were expressed by the late Dr. James Parker Nowlan during his acceptance speech as incoming president o…


Government criticized at meeting

Plenty of good advice and more than a little criticism surfaced at the fifth Minerals North Conference in Fort St. James in British Columbia. For example, Thomas Waterland, former president of the pro…



OBITUARY — C.W. Pegg

Charles William Pegg, a well-known exploration geologist who helped find several orebodies in Canada, died recently at age 67. Mr. Pegg was credited with locating the Mobrun deposit near Rouyn/Noranda…


NEWS IN BRIEF (June 07, 1993)

Akiko-Lori Gold Resources (AKI:VSE) and Omega Gold Corp. (OGC:VSE) have amalgamated to form Akiko Gold Resources Ltd. (AKI:VSE) with a consolidation of capital as follows. Shareholders of Akiko-Lori r…


Metrology study

Metrology in Mining and Metallurgy 1: Precision and Bias for Mass Measurement Techniques, published by Matrix Consultants, Box 697, Station A, Vancouver, B.C. Metrology, the science of measurement, de…


Even studies Saudi copper project

A copper deposit in Saudi Arabia will be the focus of a prefeasibility study by Even Resources (VSE). The junior selected the project for detailed review after evaluating various mineral projects in t…


Westminer drilling Chibougamau bet

A drill hole by Westminer Canada on Greater Lenora Resources’ (TSE) Lac Anctil gold property near Chibougamau, Que., has intersected two shear zones with anomalous gold values. Hole LA-93-4 contained …


Another round of results for Casino

Drilling on the Casino property in the southern Yukon is continuing. Vancouver-listed Pacific Sentinel Gold has four rigs operating as part of a $7.2-million program to delineate a large porphyry copp…


Musto boosts reserves

VSE-listed International Musto Explorations has updated preliminary reserve estimates for the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold deposit in eastern Argentina. The new results incorporate a recent deline…



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