Vancouver — Looking to become a 100,000-oz.-per-year producer, Spokane-based Yamana Resources (YRI-T) has agreed to pay US$20.9 million for Fazenda Brasileiro, the only gold mine of Companhia Vale do…
As the results of mini-bulk samples collected this past winter from the Renard kimberlite cluster in north-central Quebec begin to trickle in, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) is assessing the potentia…
Vancouver — Miramar Mining (MAE-T) has doubled the depth of gold mineralization at the Suluk zone, part of the Hope Bay project in Nunavut.Twenty drill holes tested the zone, the most encouraging bei…
There is little doubt that the crisis in confidence that has roiled U.S. markets in the wake of Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing and other failures has spilled across the border into Canada. U.S. gove…
Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., will offer students a PhD program in mineral deposits and Precambrian geology. The new program is the first doctorate degree offered there.The Department of Ear…
If metal miners think anti-mining groups are giving them a rough ride these days, they should have a talk with their brothers in the coal business. The latest bright idea from the pressure groups is f…
Ariane — Leanne Baker appointed to board of directors.BacTech — Brad Marchant appointed CEO.Bishop — Arthur Fisher appointed manager of resource development.Brett…
Drilling by Shear Minerals (SRM-V) and Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V), designed to test at least 15 geophysical targets, has intersected kimberlite on five of six targets tested so far.The fourth an…
Follow-up drilling by Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) has intersected a massive sulphide zone 1.7 km west of the existing A/B and D zones on its High Lake volcanogenic massive sulphide property in Nunavut’s…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 24 (change from June 17 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1131975(+1…
North American Mining: 72.19 (-3.87)Small Producers: 69.51 (-1.82)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
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