Romarco cuts high-grade gold at Belnap
Romarco Minerals (R-T) is reporting more high-grade gold intersections from its Belnap claims at the Midas project in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Recent infill drilling along the Gold Crown vein produced th…
Crown Resources Corporation
LATIN AMERICA — Solitario drills prospects
Drilling by Solitario Resources (SLR-T) has intersected narrow intervals of high-grade gold mineralization at the Canada Onda prospect in Argentina.The Denver-based company said high-grade gold was in…
More high-grade zinc for Cominco, Solitario
The second batch of drill results from the Bongar project in northern Peru reveal additional high-grade zinc mineralization for Cominco (CLT-T) and Solitario Resources (SLR-T).Cominco released the res…
NEVADA — Jerritt Canyon mine to benefit from new gold discoveries
Two discoveries and new production from the Dash open pit have invigorated operations at the 15-year-old Jerritt Canyon gold mine, near Elko.Independence Mining, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Minor…
Companies (June 03, 1996)
INDEXAnglo AMericanArequipa Res.Arkona Res.Avalon VenturesBlack Hawk M’gBYG NaturalChampion Res.Chase ResourcesDelta Gold M’gDiamond FieldsEcstall MiningEden Roc Min.Emerging GrowthFalconbridgeFortune…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Crown gains new gold property
Crown Resources (CRO-T) has acquired the Snowstorm gold property in northern Nevada, situated at the intersection of the Carlin and Getchell trends.Since October 1995, the company has staked 3,000 cla…
Noranda defends stake in New World project
Even when surrounded by its own shareholders, Noranda (TSE) can not avoid the controversy over the New World gold-copper-silver project in Montana.At the annual meeting, shareholder James Barrett, a r…
Result will be continent’s fifth-largest gold producer — Hemlo joins Battle Mountain in latest merger
Merger mania appears to be gripping the mining industry. In addition to the proposed marriages of Diamond Fields (TSE) with Falconbridge (TSE) and Eldorado (TSE) with Gencor, two middle-tier North Ame…
Draft EIS submitted for Crown Jewel mine
The long-awaited environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Crown Jewel gold mine in Washington state has finally been received.The 1,000-page document, prepared over a period of three years, is the…
Battle Mountain posts profit
On the strength of higher gold production from the Kori Kolla mine in Bolivia, Battle Mountain Gold (NYSE) posted a profit for the first quarter.Net income was US$2.5 million which, after a preferred …
Noranda shareholders salute retiring Powis
Resources giant Noranda (TSE) bid adieu to its longtime chairman, Alfred Powis, in a tribute-filled annual meeting in Toronto.Powis, 64, spent almost 40 years with the company, including 27 years as e…
Crown rejects merger offer
Junior Crown Resources (TSE) has rejected a merger proposal by Battle Mountain Gold (NYSE), claiming it is not in the best interest of its shareholders.The proposal was offered in mid-April, somewhat …