A land package exceeding 100 sq. km in area has been assembled by Queenston Mining (TSE) and Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) in the Kirkland Lake area of northeastern Ontario, and the two companies plan to…
Canadian mining companies hold interests in more than 2,700 properties spanning 99 countries around the world. Anne McLellan, minister of Natural Resources Canada, wants to lure those companies back h…
Short positions outstanding at April 15, 1996Larger individual positions included: Barrick Gold 9,513,807; Agnico-Eagle 402,058; Asia Pacific 114,900; Arequipa 148,400; Anvil Range 356,400; Bema Gold …
Exploration for the source of alluvial diamonds is continuing at the Canabrava project in the Coromandel district of Minas Gerais, Brazil.Teck (TSE), which can earn a 60% interest in the project from …
Partners Lytton Minerals (TSE) and New Indigo Resources (ASE) are proceeding with underground bulk sampling on the land-based JD/OD-1 kimberlite pipe at the Jericho diamond project in the Northwest Te…
ALUMINIUM: MW U.S. market US74-75 cents per lb. (April 26, 1996).ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$1.80-$1.90 per lb. (April 26, 1996).BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.80-3.95 per lb. (April 26, 1996).C…
Band-Ore Resources’ (CDN) gold discovery in Thorneloe Twp., west of Timmins, Ont., has junior companies taking notice of the potential for mineralization in pyritic quartz-sericite schist occurrences …
Exploration in the Red Lake district of northwestern Ontario has not been restricted to the area around the two major producing mines east of town.While the western part of the belt is usually quieter…
Alberta-listed Leader Mining International has taken an option on the Knife Lake copper property in northeastern Saskatchewan from Copperquest (CDN).Leader will spend $1 million on exploration over th…
In an agreement with the East African nation of Eritrea, Golden Star Resources (TSE) and its 60%-owned subsidiary, Pan African Resources (CDN), have acquired an exploration licence covering the Galla …
For his 43 years of reporting at The Northern Miner, M.R. (Mort) Brown will receive a lifetime achievement award.The presentation will be made at the Journalism Awards ceremony during the annual gener…
Production at TVX Gold’s Casa Berardi gold mine in northwestern Quebec has been halted following a walkout by 220 employees.Members of Casa Berardi Syndicat des Metallos d’Amerique union rejected the …
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