The province of Quebec may soon have a law governing the environmental impact of mining activity. Lise Bacon, the province’s deputy premier and minister of energy and resources, told the annual conven…
An update of a feasibility study of a barite-zinc deposit in Upton Twp. near Montreal was recently commissioned by Robex Resources (ME), which is hoping to be able to announce in the near future a fin…
Encouraging results were reported by Loki Gold (VSE) following cyanide leach test work completed on four bulk trench samples from the Brewery Creek property near Dawson City, Yukon. The property is ow…
Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) has offered to buy 100% control of the Vezza gold project in northwestern Quebec from 50/50 partners Dundee-Palliser Resources (TSE) and North American Rare Meta…
With a positive feasibility study in hand, Wounded Bull Resources (Sydney) is now seeking financing to bring its Newsboy gold mine in west-central Arizona into production. Capital cost for a 600,000-t…
The British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines is reminding individuals and organizations to submit written briefs in response to government proposals to increase parks and wilderness areas. “This is y…
By late April, Formosa Resources (VSE) expects to achieve its targeted production rate of 400 tons per day at its Formosa-Silver Butte polymetallic mine project near Riddle, Oreg. The company, slightl…
Vancouver-based Glen Auden Resources (TSE) has formed a joint venture with Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) to explore two claim groups located in Casa Berardi and Estrees twps. in northwestern Quebec. The t…
The New Quebec Raglan project, Falconbridge’s perennial mine of tomorrow, is inching closer to a production decision. Recently, a freighter successfully navigated the winter ice and docked at an aband…
A $1 million exploration program funded by Digger Resources (VSE) and equal partner BP Resources Canada (TSE) is under way at the Chuchi Lake copper-gold project in north-central British Columbia. The…
Underground drilling at the Samatosum mine has intersected high-grade mineralization 10 metres below the known extent of reserves. The Samatosum mine, near Kamloops, B.C., is a 70-30 joint venture bet…
While the value of shares traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange was down 23.5% in 1990 from 1989 levels, the exchange remains second only to the New York exchange in North America. In 1990, $64 billion…
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