Odessa completes small drill program
A 4-hole drill program has been completed on the Birchville gold pro perty by Odessa Explorations. The property is located in the Mother Lode area of California. Assays from the drilling are expected …
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Shares offered by Barrick to buy Pancana Minerals
American Barrick Resources is swallowing another gold producer — its sixth acquisition since 1983 — as it continues to increase its gold production. The non-cash transaction will see each share of P…
Alberta Stock Exchange Gainers lead the pack
Wednesday close, Dec 3 Several resource issues made solid gains during the week. First City Gold Corp., was one of the bigger winners, adding 85 cents to close at $3.35. The company, which made our mo…
Big drill at Casa Berardi
With winter setting in, there is a lot of new drilling getting under way in Quebec’s Casa Berardi area. One of the latest to announce a big program is North American Rare Metals (ME) and its joint ven…
Touring Thompson wins northern support
Prospectors and explorationists in northern Ontario are in general agreement with the recommendations of the Thompson committee report on junior mine financing, Chairman Edward Thompson says. Last mon…
Hedley Heritage Soc. boosts mining image
Formed three years ago, the Hedley Heritage, Arts & Crafts Society h as done a lot to promote the heritage of that small community in south-central B.C. Its history has been closely associated with t…
Rambo intersects 70-ft shear zone, gold values given
Rambo Explorations says it has intersected an altered shear zone inj ected with quartz veins and veinlets and mineralized with pyrite and arsenopyrite over more than 70 ft on its Turgeon property in M…
Steep Rock earnings take slight dip
Earnings dipped slightly in the first nine months of the year for Steep Rock Resources. Net earnings for the nine months ended Sept 30 were $450,853 on revenues of $6.41 million compared to earnings o…
Beaufield awaiting drill assay results
Assays are expected shortly from a 7,000-ft drill program under way on Beaufield Resources gold prospect in Douay Twp., Que. Located east of Joutel, the 111-claim property ties on to the boundary of t…
Macamic to explore Gateford chrome bet
A joint venture agreement has been completed between Gateford Resour ces and Macamic Resources which gives the latter company the right to earn a 50% interest in Gateford’s Reed-Belanger chrome deposi…
Pioneer awaiting feasibility on Puffy Lake gold project
A year ago almost no one in mining circles could tell you very much about Pioneer Metals, then a junior exploration company with a low grade gold and silver prospect in New Mexico. Now, the company is…
Lac appeal decision may drag
The market seems to be saying that Lac Minerals is going to win, to some degree, its appeal of an Ontario Supreme Court ruling awarding the Page-Williams gold mine at Hemlo, Ont., to International Cor…