Another Rock Room planned by NBPDA
Members of the New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association (NBPDA) will raffle a dore bar at the 58th annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toron…
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Brynelsen and Specogna honored at Cordilleran Roundup
The highlight of the annual Cordilleran Roundup held in Vancouver, B.C., each year is the presentation of the prestigious H.H. “Spud” Huestis Award and the Edgar A. Scholz Medal. Established in 1977 t…
Conwest, MRI deal
Conwest Exploration (TSE) is making a proposal to acquire a 100% interest in two affiliate companies, Mineral Resources International (TSE) and Barons Oil (TSE). Conwest already holds a 50.5% in MRI w…
Cactus-Pegasus deal
A unit of Cactus West Explorations (VSE) recently signed a letter of intent agreement with Pegasus Gold (TSE) for continuing development of its Century gold project in southwestern Idaho. Pegasus can …
First gold pour at Golden Bear
Despite a rocky start on the road to production, the Golden Bear mine in northwestern British Columbia poured its first gold bar on Jan. 31. Sized at 360 tonnes per day, the mine is operated by North …
SAM drilling at Timmins gold bet
Southern Arizona Mining & Smelting (COATS) has acquired a 19-claim gold property in Mallard Twp., near Timmins, Ont., and a 10,000-ft. diamond drilling program is scheduled to get under way this month…
COATS (over-the-counter) Milestone active
Shares of Milestone Exploration came to life recently with trading activity in the 40-55 cents range after a long period of dormancy at around the 20 cents -level. There were four transactions involvi…
FINANCING (February 19, 1990)
Dunvegan – 325,000 non-flow-through & 325,000 flow-through offered @ 70 cents per unit. Consolidated Harlin – 1,000,000 offered @ 18 cents per sh. Strike Egy – 643,745 sold for gross $1,223,115.50 Wes…
Hot intercept puts spotlight on Casa Berardi
Shades of the early 1980s! The Casa Berardi area of northwestern Quebec is again the focus of gold- exploration attention following the release of a single drill hole result. Project partners Inco (TS…
Ownership settled at Jasper mine
Now that ownership rights to the northern Saskatchewan claims hosting the Jasper gold mine has been settled, Cameco and Shore Gold Fund (ASE) are moving to bring the property into production by April …
North Lily reports nitrate reserve
An initial nitrate reserve estimate of 27.7 million tonnes, using a cutoff grade of 4% nitrate, was reported recently by North Lily Mining (NASDAQ) for its Taltal iodine/ nitrate project in northern C…
Study puts expansion cost for Porgera at $660 million
Studies are complete for a staged expansion of the Porgera gold mine project in Papua New Guinea, taking into account an increase in the capital cost of the project and higher total production of gold…