Toronto-based Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) and joint-venture partner Anglo American have increased their land holdings in the Lake Victoria greenstone belts of northern Tanzania.Eight new licences have b…
Vancouver-based Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) plans to carry out more drilling at its gold exploration project near Waddy Lake, Sask., following results from a recent 1,319-metre program. The 13-hole …
Bad times in the nickel business have forced Inco (N-T) to think the unthinkable: sharing facilities with rival producer Falconbridge (FL-T).Weak metals prices have prompted the nickel miners to engag…
The Northern Miner wishes to retract and clarify certain editorial comments referring to Delgratia Mining published in our Jan 5-11/98 issue.It was reported that an audit on Delgratia’s Josh property …
Vancouver-based major Placer Dome (PDG-T) has augmented its holdings in Alaska by signing an agreement with Silverado Gold Mines (GOLDF-Q) to purchase the Ester Dome gold property in the Fairbanks dis…
The price of copper must rise before the Petaquilla copper project in Panama can be considered feasible, says Teck (TEK-T) President Norman Keevil.According to a bankable feasibility study commissione…
Russian exports of platinum group metals (PGMs) are large and exceed domestic output. This is because PGMs from state reserves are also exported to provide finance for the state budget.The value of ex…
The Quebec 1998 meeting will be held May 18-20 in Quebec City.The event serves as a joint annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, and the Assoc…
The government of Manitoba has approved $4.5 million in mineral exploration funding.Energy and Mines Minster David Newman recently announced that the Manitoba Mineral Exploration Assistance Program (M…
Not to be outdone by Bre-X Minerals’ claim to have 70.9 million oz. gold at the Busang property in Indonesia, American Technology Exploration told potential investors last year that it had 76 million …
The search for Alberta kimberlites has begun in earnest for a number of junior exploration companies.Meteor Minerals (MMI-A) and partner New Claymore Resources (NCS-V) have begun drilling potential ta…
A trenching program is being planned by Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T) to determine the strike extent and width of a gold-silver prospect on the Alamo Dorado property in southern Sonora, Mexico.The compa…
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