The Similco copper mine in northwestern British Columbia is being forced to close, though owner Princeton Mining (TSE) describes the shutdown as temporary. The announcement came after Princeton was to…
With the gold market having picked up, Rea Gold (TSE) is assessing the former-producing Bissett property in Manitoba. Kilborn Western and Tonto Mining will assist in the pre-feasibility study, the foc…
The Siwash North deposit is expected to produce 25,000 oz. gold in 1994, more than double the 12,000 oz. Fairfield Minerals (TSE) plans to recover from this year’s test mining. The bulk of these ounce…
Cominco is raining on Teck’s parade. A $17.2-million equity loss in Cominco (TSE) reduced the 1993 third-quarter earnings of Teck (TSE) to $9.9 million, compared with $13.8 million in 1992. The loss i…
Well known Canadian geological engineer James Zimmerman died recently. He was 52. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1962 with a degree in geological engineering, Zimmerman joined Inco…
Nineteen nominees have been proposed for induction into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 1994. The names of the inductees will be announced before the end of the year, with the induction ceremony s…
Drilling is under way at the Kitimat project near the town of the same name in northwestern British Columbia. American Bullion Minerals (VSE) outlined three priority targets during a surface program t…
Recent developments at two Mexican projects and the advancement of the Cerattepe project in Turkey added some bright spots to Cominco Resources International’s (TSE) latest quarter ended Sept. 30. On …
Dale Wallster appointed president and director; Robert Barron appointed director. N5…
Terry Fields appointed president and director. N5…
Phil Romig, professor and head of the geophysics department at the Colorado School of Mines, will deliver a talk titled “Environmental Geophysics: Fads or Future?” The lecture, hosted by the Canadian …
BHP Minerals Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Ellis told a meeting of financial analysts in Toronto this past week that 1994 will be pivotal to the BHP-Dia Met play in the Northwest Territories. The com…
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