Over the years, Canada has “exported” much of its mining know-how and expertise. In return, it has benefited from the presence of overseas corporations willing to take a chance on the country, its peo…
Copies of the Resident Geologists 1990 Report of Activities are now available from ministry offices across the province. The report, published each year by the Ministry of Northern Development and Min…
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US66.50-68.00 cents per lb. (Apr. 4, 1991). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US84-85 cents per lb. (Mar. 14, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Jan. 31, 1991). CAD…
Higher contract revenues from the Westray coal project in Nova Scotia and the Mt. Hundere lead-zinc project in the Yukon helped Hillsborough Resources (TSE) double its profit in the first quarter of t…
An extensive exploration program will be carried out this season by Westmin Resources (TSE) on two large porphyry gold-copper projects north of Prince George, B.C. The two properties are 40 km west of…
Recent drilling by Silver Standard Resources (VSE) on the La Choya project in northern Mexico is reported to have outlined mineralization north and east of the project’s previously defined reserve of …
A diamond drilling program has been proposed to test Lodestar Explorations’ (VSE) recently acquired Taurus copper-molybdenum-gold property, 46 miles northeast of Tetlin Junction on the Alaska Highway….
The latest drilling program at the Douay Twp. gold property of Inco (TSE) and Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior (ME) in Quebec’s Casa Berardi region is targeted in part at boosting estimated reserves…
Governments suffer from an irresistible urge to ferret out successful mining companies, then devise extraordinary means to extract a portion of their profits for themselves. There is something about c…
Salvatore Fuda, president of junior explorer Ontex Resources (TSE), recently acquired control of Tyranite Mines (CDN) by purchasing 1.4 million common shares of Tyranite under a private agreement. Whe…
Heap leaching at the 400,000-ton-per-year Duvay gold project near Amos, Que., is set to resume in mid-April, Societe Miniere Sphinx (VSE) reported. The company began production from the site last year…
Blaming economic woes in both North America and Brazil, two of the company’s most important markets, Alcan Aluminium reported a net loss of US$1 million (3 cents per share) for the first quarter of 19…
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