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…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — India welcomes Canadian miners
I was recently in India visiting mining establishments under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Canadian mining companies and entrepreneurs will be interested in the econom…
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…
COMMENTARY — Taking care of the environment: A step-by-step
The New World project of Crown Butte Resources in Montana, where underground geological reserves are estimated at eight million tons averaging 0.21 oz. gold per ton, is scheduled to enter production i…
KWG Res. moves into French Guiana
Montreal-based KWG Resources has agreed in principle to earn a 100% interest in 15 gold concessions in French Guiana from Bureau de recherches geologiques et minieres of France. The concessions lie al…
DIAMOND PAGE — In the Northwest Territories . . . Braiden,
— Braiden Resources (VSE) has agreed to earn a 50% interest in a 72,000-acre property held by Super Twins Resources (VSE) in the George Lake area, northeast of Lac de Gras. To earn the interest, Brai…