1997

Twin Gold finds target at Layuh

A mineralized breccia body was discovered by Twin Gold (TWG-T) at its 85%-owned Layuh property in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.The company says the body was exposed in outcrop over an area of at least …



IPM consultant verifies gold at Black Rock

International Precious Metals (IPMC-C) has announced that a study by consulting firm Bateman Engineering has “confirmed the presence of gold and platinum” on the company’s Black Rock property in weste…



Fremont grabs more ground in northern Chile

Junior Fremont Gold (FGLD-Q) has signed a letter-of-intent to acquire the 80,000-ha Dania gold property in the Maricunga district of northern Chile.The property, currently owned by Chilean-based Dania…


Gold output, exploration spending up in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan has attracted US$1.7 million in foreign mineral exploration funds and is expected to produce 15 tonnes of gold in 1997.Much of the financing was provided by the joint-venture partners of st…




Pegasus shuts down Mt. Todd gold mine

Pegasus Gold (PGU-X) has responded to the depressed gold price by announcing its intention to close down the Mt. Todd gold mine in Australia’s Northern Territory.The company also took a nearly US$400-…



Panel approves Cigar Lake, Midwest

A federal-provincial panel has given its conditional approval to both the Cigar Lake and Midwest uranium projects in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan.The Cigar Lake project is operated by …


ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Divine intervention

In 1989, I was working as an exploration geologist in Canada but accepted an offer from an Italian mining company to spend a year in Zambia reviewing gold exploration licences. I had never been to a d…


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