Trillion files for Zimbabwe exploration rights
Ottawa-based Trillion Resources (ASE) reports making application for exploration rights in Zimbabwe for diamond, gold and base metal prospects. Trillion, which has a 50% interest in the Jena gold-mini…
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Great Basin in exploration venture with Fischer-Watt
Nevada-based Great Basin Exploration & Mining recently signed a letter of intent to joint venture the Santa Lucia property owned by Fischer-Watt Gold (NASDAQ). The property is a 45.5-sq.-km concession…
Mexico offers diversity of minerals
Mexico, with the oldest tradition of mining in Latin America, has become one of the most diversified mineral producers in the world, reports the U.S. Bureau of Mines. In 1985, prior to the collapse of…
Jilbey to drill Nakina area property
A drill program is scheduled to begin shortly on Jilbey Exploration’s (ME) base metal property near Nakina about 125 km north of Geraldton, Ont. An exploration program conducted late in 1992 delineate…
PEOPLE — STAR VALLEY RESOURCE
Edward Byrd appointed director.
PEOPLE — ROYAL BAY GOLD
Jim Davis appointed director.
PEOPLE — WHITE KNIGHT RESOURCES
James McDonald elected president-director; Francis Whiting and Steven Tocher appointed directors.
Metalore critical of judge’s ruling
An appeal by Metalore Resources (TSE) of the 1990 decision that awarded the Brookbank gold property near Beardmore, Ont., to Ontex Resources (ASE) began recently in Toronto. In a harsh opening stateme…
COMMENTARY — Of cash flow and gold prices
Analyst John Lydall of First Marathon Securities, writing in The Senior Canadian Gold Producers, 1993 Preview: In looking ahead, it is important not only to focus on likely earnings but also on each c…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — NDP’s `thousand cuts’ hurt
The attempts by Ontario’s Premier Bob Rae to distance himself from the numerous discredited present and former cabinet ministers and scandals within the New Democratic Party cannot be allowed to succe…
Tatshenshini-Alsek area grows in recreational use
Some rafters on the Tatshenshini-Alsek river system have complained that encounters with other river-users detracted from their “wilderness experience.” A recent study by Simon Fraser University found…
PEOPLE — YANKS PEAK RESOURCES (January 18, 1993)
David Rinker appointed director and president.