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Metal prices continue to show increasing volatility as it becomes more and more evident that supply-demand factors are no longer the primary motivation for price changes. In some cases, prices are ign…

Most people support environmental protection and enhancement programs, but they also want jobs and financial security. Echo Bay Mines is one of the job makers in Canada and the U.S. We’re not big, but…

Junior Claimstaker Resources (VSE) is planning a diamond drill program for the Blackdome gold mine, a former producer near Clinton, B.C. The company has agreed to acquire the mine, together with a 200…

Toronto-listed Teck will drill a minimum 8-hole, 3,000-ft. program at the Salkeld Lake property of Fortune Minerals (CDN). The major can earn a 60% interest in the 1,033-acre property, northeast of Pi…

Toronto-listed CaribGold Resources has drilled nine holes on the Descanso-Melonera project in west-central Cuba. Three holes were drilled at Descanso, four at Melonera and two at Oropesa, a new area w…

Bruce James appointed director.

Duncan McIvor appointed president and chief executive officer.

Mark Godsy appointed director.

J.W. Cooper appointed director of corporate communications.

M. Violette appointed chairman and vice-president of development; Pierre Leveille appointed president; Edward Pardiak appointed vice-president of finance and administration.

Terrence Bauer appointed vice-president of environmental and governmental affairs.

Ian Smith elected chairman.