Seven pioneers of North American mining have been welcomed into the U.S.-based National Mining Hall of Fame.Only one of the inductees, Stewart Wallace, is alive; the others will be honoured posthumous…
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Citing uncertainties associated with a lawsuit brought forth by Falconbridge (FL-T) and Noranda (NOR-T), Boliden (BOL-T) has decided to sell those companies its adjoining Lomas Bayas and Fortun…
With dozens of projects on the go, Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) is doing more than its share to keep exploration alive in the vast wilderness of northern Quebec. The junior is also receiving financial …
Kinross Gold (K-T) has increased the size of the Goose Lake gold deposit, the largest of six comprising the George Lake project in Nunavut.Kinross can earn a 70% interest in George Lake from Wheaton R…
Drilling at the Meadowbank gold project, near Baker Lake, Nunavut, has increased the size of the Vault gold zone.Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) recently sank 19 widely spaced holes into the zone, mainly…
A memorandum of understanding with Siemens of Germany will enable Magnesium Alloy (YMY-V) to advance the Koilu magnesium project in the Republic of Congo.The agreement identifies several areas of co-o…
Prospecting and geophysical surveys will begin this summer at the Grenab project, about 120 km east of Val d’Or, Que. Southern Africa Minerals (SAF-T) acquired the ground based on its potential to hos…
Frank Kaplan, whose career as a journalist in the resource industry has spanned more than a quarter-century, was recently honoured with a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Institute of Mini…
Denver — Now that the Esquel gold property in southern Argentina is progressing to the development phase, London-based Brancote Holdings is evaluating other prospective targets in the region.One such…
Vancouver — Junior Francisco Gold (FGX-T) has tabled more impressive results from an ongoing 3,000-metre drill program at its wholly owned Marlin gold-silver project in western Guatemala.Since April,…
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