Windy Craggy is now dead. But let’s get it straight. It was a victim of politics, not its inherent environmental problems. All the environmental difficulties related to mining the huge copper deposit,…
Denver-based Crown Resources (TSE) has applied for exploration rights covering more than 200,000 acres in three provinces of northwestern Argentina. The ground covers extensions of the two largest kno…
The largest producer and exporter of copper in the world is Chile. In addition to copper, the South American nation’s mineral output includes gold, silver, molybdenum, iron and nitrates. State-owned c…
Earlier this year, Trans America Industries (VSE) optioned a property near Antofagasta, Chile, hosting reserves of iodine and other industrial minerals. The company then acquired $500,000 from the sal…
Toronto-listed Princeton Mining is considering joint-venturing a portion of its interest in the Rio Lluta project near Arica in northern Chile. The company drilled 11 rotary holes, intersecting what i…
A “top 10” world gold producer the past two years, Chile turned out more than 39 tonnes of the yellow metal in 1992, up 20% from the previous year. Gold Fields Mineral Services of London, in its Gold …
Private placement funds totaling $500,000 will be used to evaluate boron properties held by the Chilean subsidiary of Boron Chemicals International (VSE) in Chile and Bolivia. The private placements w…
With President Clive Johnson likening his company’s past fiscal year to the recent misfortunes experienced by Britain’s royal family, Bema Gold (TSE) is looking ahead to better times. Faced with extre…
Persistently low head grades at the Hayden Hill mine have prompted Amax Gold (NYSE) to suspend milling temporarily. The mine, near Susanville, Calif., started up in the third quarter of 1992 and has s…
Partners Placer Dome (TSE) and TVX Gold (TSE) are planning to spend $1 million on exploration this year to delineate additional reserves at La Coipa mine in northern Chile. Exploration will focus on t…
An updated feasibility study for development of Placer Dome’s (TSE) 50%-owned Zaldivar copper property is to be completed by early July. Situated in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, Zaldivar is e…
Toronto-listed Faraday Resources reports that its $1.20 cumulative, redeemable, retractable, convertible, first-preference shares, Series A, can be redeemed July 20. They are redeemable at $16.50 per …
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