1996

Rene Carrier and James Hutchison elected directors; Brian Doutaz appointed president and chief executive officer.

At the Diavik diamond project in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories, Kennecott Canada has processed the remaining six large-diameter drill holes from the A-418 kimberlite pipe in prep…

A settlement has been reached in a dispute involving Pegasus Gold (PGU-T), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Montana and local natives over water quality at the Zortman gold mine …

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Canamera Geological has been given the exclusive right to acquire Newhawk Gold Mines’ (NHG-T) 60% interest in the Bruceside-Sulphurets property in British Columbia for $8 million.The property, 37 mile…

Raymond Runcie appointed director.

Drilling at the Gross Rosebel project in Suriname has enabled Cambior (CBJ-T) and Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) to expand reserves.The partners are in the midst of a 35,000-metre drill program aimed a…

Angled drilling under a minor lake on the DIA mineral claims in the Northwest Territories has returned a 130-metre kimberlite intersection.Situated 80 km north of Lac de Gras, the claims comprise 227,…

Drilling at the 1,750-hectare Angostura project in northeastern Colombia has identified a new gold-silver chert zone, about 1 km southwest of the Veta de Barro area.The drill program is funded by Chur…

Kerry Knoll appointed chairman and chief executive officer; W. Golroy appointed president, chief operating officer and director; Derek Price appointed vice-president of finance and chief financial off…

The Tonapah district has a mining history dating back nearly a century, and now a chapter is about to be written by two Canadian juniors.Eastfield Resources (ETF-V) and Prism Resources (PRN-V) are ope…

The Alaskan Department of Natural Resources has granted USMX (USMX-Q) the exclusive right to explore the Ophir mining district in the west-central region of the state.Historically, placer deposits in …