Tan Range eyes Wyldsdale prospect
Vancouver-based Tan Range Exploration (TNX-A) plans to purchase the Wyldsdale gold prospect in southern Africa from JCI of South Africa.The prospect occupies a portion of a 100-sq.-km prospecting lice…
1997
St Andrew extends zone
Continued drilling by St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) at its Taylor gold mine in the Matheson area of northeastern Ontario is confirming and extending the West Porphyry zone a further 120 metres westward…
Nord launches exploration in Swayze greenstone belt
Though best known for its mineral projects in Australia and Southeast Asia, Nord Pacific (NORPY-Q) plans to spend up to $4.8 million exploring an advanced gold project in Ontario’s Swayze greenstone b…
Ursa Major explores Nirinsk
Junior Ursa Major International (URS-T) has completed a due diligence review of its 60%-owned Nirinsk licence, situated 210 km northeast of Karaganda in central Kazakstan.The 68-sq.-km licence contain…
Chase expands gold zone at Archangel
Drilling by Chase Resource (CQS-T) at its Archangel gold-copper property in the Philippines has expanded the oxide gold zone.An initial 13-hole program of reverse-circulation drilling, comprising 1,54…
Briggs gets bigger for Canyon
Canyon Resources (CAU-X) has increased minable reserves at the Briggs gold mine, in southeastern California.Drilling has outlined mineralized material at two targets, the North Briggs and Goldtooth, a…
Power boon for Akrokeri-Ashanti
A switch to hydroelectric power from diesel is expected to improve the bottom line for junior gold producer Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (AAGM-C).The junior company operates a small gold mine in Ghana …
ODDS `N’ SODS/ROGER LAFRANCE — A hazardous exit
Rio Algom’s Quirke uranium mine was originally developed, along with the Panel mine and 10 other Elliot Lake operations, between 1955 and 1958.Back in the late 1950s, I was an underground worker at th…
Mar-West, Curion explore in Honduras
reliminary drilling has returned potentially ore grade intercepts at the Sinter gold zone on the San Martin concession in central Honduras.The concession is held by Mar-West Resources (MSR-V) and Curi…
COMMENTARY — Pass the molybdenum, please
Metals generally regarded as essential for human health in trace amounts include iron, zinc, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum and selenium.These metals are essential because they form an integr…
DIAMPND PAGE — Monopros pulls kimberlite in N.W.T.
Monopros, the exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-Q), has intersected kimberlite while drill-Testing a lake-based geophysical target in the southern portion of the AK property in the …
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