Investors are finally taking notice of Nord Pacific (NORPY-Q), owing to the Albuquerque, N.M.-based junior’s 35% interest in the large Ramu nickel-cobalt deposit in Papua New Guinea (PNG).The deposit …
With the first gold pour slated for early November, USMX (USMX-Q) is putting the finishing touches on its Illinois Creek gold mine in western Alaska.Construction of the heap-leach pads is almost compl…
The potential impact of more than 122,000 tonnes per year of Voisey’s Bay nickel production by the turn of the century has nickel analysts focusing their attention on the small, isolated inlet on the …
Although the Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt project near Lenora, Australia, is not expected to enter production until early 1998, other nickel producers are watching the project closely, as its processin…
Brimstone Gold (VSE) is raising funds to explore the historic Mayflower gold mine project near Whitehall, Mont.A private placement of up to 2 million special warrants at 45 cents each will give the ju…
Utah-based Cortex Mining & Exploration (OTC) has completed reverse-circulation drilling on its Beaver Lake-Rocky copper project near Milford, Utah.The junior drilled 10 holes, consisting of 3,000 ft.,…
Copper producer Arimetco International (TSE) has reached an agreement with federal, state and local authorities for the dewatering of the Yerington pit in Nevada.The federal government has agreed to s…
NASDAQ-listed Canyon Resources will allow BHP Minerals International Exploration (NYSE) to explore some 900,000 acres of its properties in western Montana. BHP can earn a 51% interest in the propertie…
An exploration program is planned for the Fortuna de Cobre copper project in Chile, Gibraltar Mines (TSE) reports. Gibraltar’s wholly owned subsidiary, Compania Minera Gibraltar, has signed a letter o…
It is not often that tourists will visit a park, pick up a shovel and pay a small fee for the privilege of digging all day. But that is exactly what happens at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Ark…
A former professor and consulting geologist who was active in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, Stanley Holmes died recently in Toronto. He was 68. A native of Montreal, he had degrees from McGill and Corn…
The buzzword “globalization” will figure prominently in the speech of Placer Dome President John Willson when he addresses the Jan. 20 dinner meeting (and Students’ Night) of the Toronto branch of the…
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