1998


FINANCING (May 04, 1998)

McBroom Resources — Offering Price & Description: $* — 1,000,000 Common Shs (Upon the Exercise of 1,000,000 previously issued Special Wts).Vengold — Offering Price & Description: $41,175,000 – 22,5…


Juniors plan drilling on nickel prospect in Yukon

Glenhaven Resources (GNN-A) and Blackstone Resources (BZZ-V) are firming up plans to drill at the Taiga nickel-zinc property, situated 120 km northeast of Dawson City, Y.T.The companies expect to mobi…




Partners hit gold at Despinassy

Drilling at the Despinassy gold property, 70 km north of Val d’Or, Que., has returned encouraging results for partners Major General Resources (MGJ-V) and Cameco Gold, a wholly-owned unit of Cameco (C…


Orvana makes progress at Don Mario

Vancouver-based Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) reports that progress is being made at its drill program on the Don Mario copper-gold deposit in eastern Bolivia.Assay results from 11 holes are “better than pr…


geology 101

Banded iron formation-hosted gold deposits, Part 2Banded iron formation-hosted gold deposits are important in terms of Canadian and U.S. gold production, as illustrated by mines such as the Lupin and …


Plata tests zone in Peru

Preliminary exploration by Plata-Peru Resources (PPU-A) has confirmed the presence of base metal mineralization near its Pachapaqui mine in Peru.Work included ground geological mapping and sampling of…


Production on rise for Greenstone

Production at the Central American gold mines of Greenstone Resources (GRE-T) is on track to reach 233,000 oz. gold in 1998, a substantial increase from the 63,563 oz. produced in 1997.For the first q…


Ashanti poised for further growth

In early 1997, mining analysts from the London branch of Banque Paribas estimated that it would be a year before the benefits of a restructuring undertaken by Ashanti Goldfields (AHD.U-T) would be fel…



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