Auspex steps up work in Portugal
Auspex Minerals (APJ-V) has begun drill-testing the Sao Martinho portion of its Portalegre gold property in east-central Portugal.The initial target of the 70-metre program is the trenched zone that r…
1996
EDITORIAL PAGE — Exporting expertise
October is “Export Month” in Canada, and this year, companies supplying goods and services to their traditional customers in the mining sector have much to celebrate.Canadian mining companies are busy…
Ashanti signs Shamrock deal
Shareholders of Australian-based Golden Shamrock Mines (GSX-T) have approved its acquisition by Ghana-based Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N).Approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia was expe…
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Junior companies join up in Cuba
Juniors MacDonald Mines Exploration (MMP.A-A) and Golden Hill Mining (GHMC-C) are merging their respective interests in the Golden Hill epithermal gold property in east-central Cuba.In return for Gold…
COMMENTARY — Reducing diesel exhaust
The Canadian ad hoc Diesel Committee deals with issues pertaining to diesel exhaust exposure and control in mining.A major topic of discussion is the addition by the American Conference of Governmenta…
Values keep Black Swan hopeful
Drilling by Black Swan Gold Mines (BSW-T) at its Cata Preta gold prospect in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, continues to return encouraging values.Trending in a northeast-to-southwestly direction over a…
East West looks to Guyana, Asia
Vancouver-based East West Resource (EWR-V) has signed a letter of intent to acquire interests in three concessions in Guyana and a gold deposit in Kyrghyzstan.The vendor is Nelson Bunker Hunt of Dalla…
World Wide to take helm of Tselinny uranium project
Following a 5-month due diligence review, World Wide Minerals (WWS-T) has decided to assume management of the Tselinny uranium operations in north-central Kazakhstan.Under an agreement with Tselinny, …
Misty sizing up Specogna gold deposit
On British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands, Misty Mountain Gold (MGL-T) is drilling off its Specogna epithermal gold deposit in an attempt to amass sufficient data to calculate minable reserves.Dis…
More juniors crowd Lac Volant
A large number of junior companies, most of them Quebec-based, have tied up ground in the Lac Volant area, which was recently reopened by the Quebec government for staking.The area was withdrawn from …