1994

John Paterson appointed director.

Robert Franklin appointed director.

Richard Lo appointed director.

At the Palmarito project in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) has identified an area with significant gold and silver values. The mineralized area has a strike length exceeding 600 me…

Mexico may not be a leader among gold-producing nations, but it has been consistent in its gold output during the past 10 years. Gold Fields Mineral Services of London, in its Gold 1994 report, says M…

Diamond drilling at the Prairie Creek mine project near Yellowknife, N.W.T., is expected to augment reserves significantly. Owner San Andreas Resources (TSE) estimates current reserves at 4.25 million…

Drill data are being compiled at the Metates gold-silver property by partners Cambior (TSE) and Corporation Industrial San Luis S.A. in preparation for a mineral inventory estimate. Cambior is earning…

Having been active in Sonora state for some 30 years, it should come as no surprise that Campbell Resources (TSE) holds interests in a pair of Mexican gold mines. Last July, the company bought its sec…

Drilling on the Tacaza project in southeastern Peru has outlined a geological resource of 4.4 million tonnes grading 1.35% copper, based on a 0.5% cutoff. Kookaburra Resources (VSE) has drilled 7,700 …

Ronald Nichols elected president and director; Russell French, Michael Laidlaw and Noble Larsen elected directors.

Reverse-circulation drilling is under way on the Bombore and Somita properties in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The work consists of 150 holes over 15,000 metres. The concessions are two of four held in …

It is a good thing that mechanization has arrived in mines, as I don’t know where we would find people to muck out by hand today. The comparison of the use of the load-haul-dump machine versus mucking…