The Northern Miner recently published an article by George Miller, president of the Mining Association of Canada, entitled “Environmental `Bill of Rights’ — a dangerous precedent” (Nov. 26/90). In it…
Vancouver-based Athabaska Gold Resources (TSE) says it has been unable to raise the financing needed to buy partner Chevron Minerals’ 40% stake in the Nicholas Lake gold project north of Yellowknife, …
It will take strong leadership to tackle the vested interests — in all countries — that want protection from competition. Yet we know from experience that the poison of protectionism could aggravate…
Low volumes of gold production and high mine operating costs were cited by Galactic Resources (TSE) as the reasons why it is unlikely to resume mining operations in 1991 at its wholly owned Summitvill…
Drilling is under way on three of Major General Resources’ (TSE) wholly owned properties near Pickle Lake, Ont. With a $300,000 budget in hand, Major General plans to test six separate targets before …
Underground development work by Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) on the Cliff Creek zone at the Lawyers mine in north- central British Columbia indicates minable grades will be 20-25% higher than anticipated. T…
A preliminary feasibility study recently concluded that a copper smelting facility on the coast of British Columbia would be economically viable. A Vancouver-based firm headed by former Cominco execut…
Armed with a positive preliminary feasibility report, Bema Gold (TSE) is aiming to bring on stream a heap leach gold mine in Chile with an annual production rate of about 225,000 oz. gold. That repres…
John Morgan, an industrial minerals geologist, died recently. He was 76. Born in Winnipeg, Man., Morgan had a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. From 1…
Responsibility for a spill that released tonnes of mine tailings into the Montreal River last October rests not only with the companies involved, but also with their chief officers, according to recen…
The generally bullish outlook for copper has a privately-held junior aiming to develop an Arizona deposit which contains an estimated 168 million tons averaging 0.336% copper at a 0.2% cut-off grade. …
A sagging market during the first week of the new year gave way to one with a small gain for the report period ended Jan. 15. The market portfolio moved up by more than 5 points on daily volumes in th…
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