1996


Yamana Resources continues search for Chilean copper

With two exploration programs already under way in Chile, Yamana Resources (YRI-T) has decided to launch a third.The work will focus on a 84-sq.-km land package in the northern province of Antofagasta…


Bruneau deposit proves a winner

A series of metallurgical tests has confirmed the “extremely high” quality of calcium carbonate concentrates from Bruneau Minerals’ (BRM-M) Lac St.-Jean, Que. deposits.Bruneau has reserves of 13.5 mil…



Producer Prices (November 11, 1996)

ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,403 per tonne (Nov. 5, 1996), alloy US$1,265 per tonne (Oct. 31, 1996).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,000 per tonne (Nov. 5, 1996).BISMUTH: Composite free market…


Summo Minerals revises figures for Lisbon Valley

Lower copper prices have prompted Summo Minerals (SMA-T) to revise the final feasiblity study for its Lisbon Valley copper project in Utah.The new study, which is based on a copper price of US90 cents…


Timmins camp still luring junior explorers

Work continues on projects in the Timmins West camp in northeastern Ontario, where four of six recently drilled holes at the Bristol Twp.property of Holmer Gold Mines (HGM-A) have encountered gold min…


Kinross to develop Vogel gold property

An agreement between Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) and Kinross Gold (K-T) will allow for development of the former’s Vogel gold property in Hoyle Twp., 20 km east of Timmins.Black Hawk, which has been dri…


Mount Polley on track to yield gold and copper

At the Mount Polley gold-copper porphyry mine, 45 miles north of here, construction is proceeding on schedule toward a projected startup of late 1997.Imperial Metals (IPM-T) has a 55% interest in the …



San Francisco mine undergoes expansion

Reserves continue to soar at the San Francisco gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state.Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) reports that minable reserves at the open-pit, heap-leach operation have increased by 22…


ODDS’N’SODS — Diving for dollars

In 1951, I was working for Inspiration Drilling, under contract for Gunner Uranium in Uranium City, Sask. We had two drill rigs on the shore of Ace Lake and were using a 3-shift cycle. Our fieldman on…


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