Golds, base metals carry Toronto exchange lower
The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index slipped 31.65 points during the March 8-14 report period to end the week at 9,393.83.With gold taking another tumble, the TSE’s gold and precious metals sub-index …
Barrick Gold Corporation
Vicuna target shows promise for Tenke
A trenching program designed to test encouraging gold-in-soil geochemistry anomalies has resulted in the discovery of low-grade gold mineralization on the Vicuna gold property in Argentina. The discov…
Homestake boostsVeladero resource
Ongoing drilling by Homestake Mining (HM-N) on its 60%-owned Veladero property in northwestern Argentina has increased the gold resource by 39% to 7.8 million contained ounces.The increased resource i…
Lakota nails down properties
While larger rivals are concentrating on bringing advanced projects to production, junior Lakota Resources (LAKO-C) has assembled a large land package for early-stage exploration in the Lake Victoria …
Majors hot for Ashanti’s stake in Geita project
Ashanti Goldfields’ (ASL-N) fire sale of a 50% joint-venture interest in its promising Geita mine project in the Lake Victoria Goldfields of northwestern Tanzania has attracted the attention of a half…
Tenke Mining sets sights on Argentina
Following in the footsteps of its earlier successes in Argentina, the Lundin group, through Tenke Mining (TNK-T), is stepping up exploration of the Vicuna project.Situated in San Juan province, along …
Sulliden finds new targets in Peru
Since an initial 10-hole drill program has failed to replicate promising surface results from the La Rubia and Boliche structures, Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) is shifting its focus to a silicified ri…
Trenton girl wins PDAC essay contest
A grade-seven student from Trenton, Ont., has been named Junior Miner of Ontario for 1999 following an essay competition sponsored by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).For her …
EXPLORATION ’99 – New gold camp gives Tanzania a leg up
Special to The Northern MinerTanzania’s unique combination of prospective geology and stable government is drawing unprecedented amounts of mining investment at a time when spending in most of Africa …
EXPLORATION ’99 – Corriente drills Mejicana Ridge — Forms joint venture with Lowell Mineral in Ecuador
Drilling by Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) is under way at two gold-copper projects in Argentina and at a highly touted copper play in Ecuador.At the Famatina gold project in Argentina, Corriente is dril…
EXPLORATION ’99 – NEWS ROUNDUP — Barrick eyes El Valle deposit
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) are discussing a possible joint venture at certain of the latter’s properties in Spain and Portugal.Among these is the El Valle open-pit project …
Companies (November 29, 1999)
AMT International MiningAnglo AmericanAnglogoldAnooraq ResourcesBema GoldCancor MinesChannel ResourcesChief Consolidated MiningComaplex MineralsConquistador MinesCorner Bay MineralsCumberland Resource…