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1996
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Dianor explores Ancash district
A sampling program at the Piedra Cincelada property in Peru’s Ancash district has returned encouraging results for Ressources Dianor (DOR-M).The Montreal-based junior carried out a preliminary surface…
Production levels rise for most base metals
Canadian production of all nonferrous metals except zinc rose in September 1996 above levels recorded in the same period last year.Production of salt was also higher than the level recorded one year a…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Cambiex continues work at Sultana
A drilling program has returned encouraging results from the Sultana copper-gold project near the town of Mackay, Idaho, reports operator Cambiex Exploration (CBX-T).A past producer, Sultana was explo…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Australians go head-to-head with Canadian juniors
Australian-based resource companies have watched with envy as their North American counterparts raised millions of dollars to acquire and explore mineral projects in every corner of the globe. Now, so…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Redbird Gold sets its sights on Albanian mineral prospects
Junior explorer Redbird Gold (RBD.A-A) has set a date for its shareholders to consider the takeover of two Albanian mining companies. In the meantime, the trading of Redbird’s shares has been halted b…
Princess advances projects in Tanzania and China
With a drill program under way in Tanzania, Princess Resources (PRL-V) is awaiting government approval for several new projects in China.The company recently signed two letters-of-intent in China’s Hu…
Ottawa revises Canadian mining policy
In an effort to make Canada a more attractive place in which to explore and mine, the federal government has rewritten its minerals and mining policy.”Essentially, the old policy was international in …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Coverage of Quebec projects decried as lacking
Your newspaper continues to have poor coverage of exploration and mining activities in Quebec.I have subscribed to The Northern Miner since the early 1980s, and I was not astonished to read the commen…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Santa Cruz trenches Magistral
A trenching program by Santa Cruz Gold (SCG-T) at the Magistral project in Sinaloa state, Mexico, has identified three gold zones there.Sampling of the Dos Amigo zone returned 4 metres grading 1 gram …
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Model Office report in hand
Ontario’s resident geologists program should remain intact, but recording of claims should be centralized in Sudbury, according to a report released by the province’s Ministry of Northern Development …
Placer bids to acquire PNG company
A takeover bid has been launched by Placer Dome (PDG-T) for Highlands Gold, a Papua New Guinea-based company that owns 25% of the Porgera gold mine, and for the remaining 24.6% interest of subsidiary …