1996

A strategic position in South America, a property package with geologic merit and the prospect of near-term exploration success have combined to make Solitario Resources (TSE) attractive to investors,…

With its latest acquisition, Campbell Resources (TSE) has expanded farther into Latin America, beyond its Santa Gertrudis gold mine in Mexico. The company can now acquire the Cerro Quema gold project …

Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin, Canada’s largest engineering and construction company, has signed an agreement to acquire, for an undisclosed amount, Kilborn Holdings, a Toronto-based engineering company….

One of the world’s largest open-pit gold mines, the Refugio in Chile, is up and running and ready to pour gold.Construction of the $127-million mine, a 50-50 joint venture between Amax Gold (TSE) and …

CDN-listed Lyndex Exploration will buy a mill and related equipment for its Salave gold project in northern Spain.The Rubiales mill, also situated in northern Spain, has a capacity of 3,000 tons per d…

With new minable reserves calculated for the Kodiak A and Ursa deposits, North American Metals (VSE) is preparing to begin a 170,000-tonne heap-leach operation at its Golden Bear property in northwest…

Exploration at the Chilean project known as El Indio has uncovered a new gold deposit, and Barrick Gold (TSE) expects it will form part of what would be its third mine in South America.The Pascua mine…

Now that metallurgical tests have confirmed its expectations for gold recovery, Cyprus Canada will proceed with the next phase of exploration at the Taurus project, near Cassiar, B.C.The company, a wh…

A US$1.5-million exploration program at the Libertad concessions in Nicaragua is bearing fruit for Greenstone Resources (TSE).Four new zones of gold mineralization have been identified, two of which h…

Rea Gold (TSE) is busy drilling at its Mt. Hamilton mine in eastern Nevada, and results are proving positive.The reverse-circulation program is testing the new Chester gold structure. Forty holes, tot…

The newly discovered NEX and Hanging Wall zones at the Eskay Creek mine in northwestern British Columbia are estimated to contain a diluted geological resource of 227,000 tons grading 0.88 oz. gold an…

Stronger demand and better prices for uranium have prompted the U.S. subsidiary of Rio Algom (TSE) to proceed with development of its Smith Ranch uranium project in Wyoming’s Powder River basin.The pr…