In 1993, the value of Canada’s mineral production increased by 1.9%, or about $700,000, from the previous year. Preliminary estimates by the federal Department of Natural Resources indicate that the v…
Mining investment opportunities in Africa will be the focus of a conference June 6-8 in Denver, Colo. Mines ministers from about 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to attend. Organized by…
A proposal in which American Barrick Resources (TSE) offered to acquire property joint-venture options and an equity stake in Bre-X Minerals (ASE) has been rejected. “We declined Barrick’s offer becau…
The town of Cobalt, a quiet hamlet today, is said to be the cradle of Canadian mining. True, the discovery of nickel in Sudbury preceded development of the Cobalt silverfields (and to this day, Sudbur…
To ensure the stability of their copper-zinc mining project, operators of Les Mines Selbaie in northwestern Quebec are monitoring excavations with time domain reflectometry (TDR). The cable-testing te…
The bodies of two miners, trapped underground for more than two months at the Macassa gold mine near Kirkland Lake, Ont., have been recovered. The bodies of Robert Sheldon, 34, of Larder Lake, Ont., a…
American Bullion Minerals (VSE) has raised $5 million to explore and develop its Red Chris porphyry copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia. The funds came from a brokered private placeme…
The proven and probable figure has just swelled at the Crofoot-Lewis open pit in northwestern Nevada. Having subjected the Brimstone deposit to further evaluation, Hycroft Resources & Development (VSE…
Toronto-listed Kinross Gold may have discovered a significant new zone at its Hoyle Pond mine in Timmins, Ont. Results from the first three holes of a drill program suggest as much. The discovery occu…
Latin America continues to beckon Toronto-listed Teck. The major is investing $1 million in Joutel Resources (TSE), in return for which it can earn a half interest in three of the former’s Cuban prope…
Two executives in the Canadian drilling industry, Christopher Bavage and Frank van Poppel, died recently in an automobile accident while on business near Timmins, Ont. Bavage was vice-president and ge…
Rupert Galliers-Pratt appointed chairman and director; C. Cole appointed president; William Meek appointed vice-president and director; W. Webb appointed vice-president (US) and director; William Graf…
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