Drilling on the Albino concession in Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district has returned mixed results for joint-venture partners Eurus Resource (VSE) and Crystallex International (VSE). Drilling was focus…
A geology student at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) who discovered a new mineral in 1988 has honored his former mentor by christening it “Trembathite.” Pat Burns, now a doctoral student at the …
Diamond explorer Charles Fipke has won the 1992 Bill Dennis Award for Prospector of the Year. The award is being presented at this year’s annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Associatio…
Toronto-based Sikaman Gold Resources (TSE) and partners have been granted an exclusive option to explore and develop gold-bearing gravels along a 150-km stretch of the Neuquen River in western Argenti…
Encouraging results have been reported by Lac Minerals (TSE) from eight additional holes drilled at the Nevada gold project in Chile. Highlights included a 492-ft. intersection grading 0.29 oz. gold p…
An agreement to acquire an interest in a mineral concession in the El Callao district of Venezuela’s Guiana Shield has been negotiated by Gold Vessel Resources (ASE) with private Venezuelan company Pr…
My mother and I came to the Perron gold mine in northwestern Quebec, from the Ukraine, in 1937. My father, Karol Kit, worked underground there and saved enough to pay our fare to Perron from the Old C…
Feasibility work on the Keystone gold project near Lynn Lake, Man., concludes that developing the BT deposit and reopening the Lynn mill is economic at current gold prices. Feasibility was overseen by…
British Columbia’s mines minister, Anne Edwards, had us worried. For the past couple of years, the industry has complained loudly about its awful plight. Yet Mines Minister Edwards seemed not to hear….
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $331.30 + $2.65 Silver* $ 3.65 – $0.01 Platinum* $356.90 + $8.45 Nickel** $ 2.73 + $0.05 Lead** $ 0.18 $0.01 Copper $ 0.99 + $0.01 Zinc $ 0.45 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotiaba…
A letter of agreement has set the stage for a unit of Newmont Mining (NYSE) to acquire 60% of the Fierro Urco copper-gold property in Ecuador. Newmont Overseas Exploration can do so from Ag Armeno Min…
A letter of intent allowing diamond exploration at the Rio Sono property in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has been signed by Hillsborough Resources (TSE) with Southwestern Gold of Vancouver. Hil…
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