1994

Three Alberta-listed juniors have agreed to sell Deak Resources (TSE) a 49% interest in all their mineral assets within a 100-mile radius of Deak’s Kerr mine site in Virginiatown, Ont. The value of th…

Ross Blusson appointed director.

For many Americans, Latin America is still an economic backwater plagued by widespread poverty, runaway inflation and huge public debt. Yet to a large extent this image is out of step with reality. Am…

Vancouver-based Crystallex International (VSE) reported the commencement this month of gold production at its Albino open-pit mine in Venezuela. Albino is Crystallex’s first producing property. Output…

Almost half of Venezuela is underlain by a mineral-rich, unglaciated, Precambrian-aged craton known as the Guiana Shield. This geological entity is analogous to the Canadian Shield and, until recently…

Robert McRae appointed director.

Eric Lasalle appointed vice-president of corporate relations.

Multi-national De Beers Consolidated Mines is operating an exploration program on the Yamba Lake property in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories. The international diamond company can …

A surging dollar, coupled with lower interest rates, failed to ignite the Toronto Stock Exchange during the 5-day report period ended Sept. 13. The composite 300 index was off by 2.95 points to end th…

Despite the firming of eastern major markets and gold’s creep upwards to the US$390-per-oz. level, western markets continued to slide during the report period ended Sept. 13. The Vancouver Stock Excha…

A government grant worth $241,050 will help finance a feasibility study of a spodumene mine and a lithium carbonate plant in Quebec. Montreal-listed partners Charlim Explorations and Wrightbar Mines e…

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