We do something similar in our Odds ‘n’ Sods column every week — now, the University of Nevada is undertaking a statewide oral history project on mining, which should contribute to the public’s under…
Cambior has received the Health of the Land Award from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (USBLM) for its reclamation work at the past-producing Valdez Creek placer gold deposit in Alaska.The alluvial…
Ian Hartley Keith, a former vice-president of Falconbridge, has died. He was 68.Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Mr. Keith graduated from Cape Town University with a bachelor of science in 1950 before…
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,588 per tonne, alloy $1,410 per tonne (Sept. 16/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$1,910 per tonne (Sept. 16/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.50 per lb. (Se…
The Mexican subsidiary of Vancouver-based Miranda Industries (MAD-V) has signed an option to acquire two mining concessions near La Rastra in Mexico’s Sinaloa state.To acquire the properties, which li…
A drill program by Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-T) will test the Lone Mountain property in northern Nevada.The project is held by Tri Origin and its Australian partner, Plutonic Resources, with the for…
Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-M) and Noranda Mining & Exploration are encouraged by exploration results from their jointly held La Grande Nord property in the James Bay area of northwestern Quebec.Within t…
An exploration program by MacMillan Gold (MMG-T) will test a newly optioned gold property 200 km south of the Pierina gold deposit (owned by Barrick Gold) in western Peru.MacMillan signed an option ag…
Net income of $545,000 was reported by coal producer Hillsborough Resources .T(HLB-T) for the second quarter of 1997, compared with income of $9.3 million a year earlier.The 1996 results included a ga…
George Cavey appointed director.
Roycefield Resources (RYC-T) has boosted the antimony resource at the Beaver Brook deposit in central Newfoundland.With the latest drilling, Roycefield has added 500,000 tonnes grading 3% antimony (us…
Madsen Gold (MGF-T) has formulated plans to spend $3.5 million on underground exploration and development at the newly reopened Madsen gold mine, near Red Lake, Ont.The mine, which has been producing …
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