Hol-Lac drills Carissa gold mine in Wyoming
Results are in hand for three holes drilled by Hol-Lac Gold Mines (CDN) on its Carissa gold mine property in South Pass City, Wyo. Hole 94-1, drilled below the fifth level at the mine to a depth of 66…
1994
Haddington exploring near Timmins
Vancouver-listed Haddington Resources (VSE) intends to carry out a private placement of 500,000 units with Prime Equities International (VSE). Each unit, priced at 60 cents, will consist of one Haddin…
Petroleum the mainstay of Venezuelan economy
The gold industry may be the next mineral sector to give Venezuela a boost, the South American country’s economy having been driven for many years by petroleum exports. Mainly because of its oil and g…
MSV again boosts reserves
As a result of a $5.2-million exploration program, MSV Resources (TSE) has once again increased reserves at its Chibougamau operations in northern Quebec. The Portage and Copper Rand mines have a comb…
NO HEADLINE (September 26, 1994)
enver-based USMX (NASDAQ) says its reserve and resource inventory now exceeds 1.1 million oz. gold and 238,000 tons copper. The new estimates, which are based on a US$375-400 per oz. gold and US$1 per…
American Bullion drilling continues at Red Chris
A 60-hole program at the Red Chris porphyry copper-gold project, 10 km east of Iskut, B.C., is half-finished. American Bullion Minerals (VSE) holds an 80% interest while Teck (TSE) retains 20% (half o…
Minefinders acquires Mexican gold play
Minera Minefinders S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vancouver-listed Minefinders, has staked a 2,200-hectare gold property in Mexico’s Sonora state. Reconnaissance mapping and sampling on th…
Monarch spreads its wings in El Dorado camp
In 1987, a company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in order to carry out gold exploration in Venezuela. Since then, Monarch Resources has invested more than US$80 million in the country and go…
DIAMOND SPECIAL — Russian diamond output in decline
Major world diamond producer Russia produces about 95% of its diamond output from five mines. The country’s output has been falling for the past three years; analyst David Williamson Associates of Lon…
Barytex’s Mel returns zinc-lead values
All six holes of a deep drilling program on the Mel zinc-lead-barite deposit in southeastern Yukon have intersected mineralization. International Barytex (VSE) is working to expand the Main zone resou…
De Beers increasing its Canadian presence
The discovery of potentially economic kimberlite pipes in Canada’s North is being taken seriously by the world’s largest diamond organization, De Beers Consolidated Mines, and its marketing arm, the C…
American Gem producing sapphires in Montana
From 1906 to 1943, this state was the world’s largest supplier of commercial-grade sapphires. Now, some 50 years later, with the commissioning of its first sapphire processing plant, American Gem (TSE…