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The article “Troubled past is no longer an albatross around Golden Bear’s neck” (T.N.M., Sept. 20/93) did not mention Wheaton River Minerals, which owns 85% of North American Metals, owner of the Gold…

Major changes in Ontario securities regulations will require companies to disclose, individually and by name, the compensation paid to each of their top executives. “These changes put Ontario in the f…

Four basic positive factors are driving change in the world of finance and will continue to shape events for years to come: technology, globalization, deregulation and demographics. The most important…

Further assay results from drilling at the Damoti Lake property, 150 km north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., have extended the previously discovered gold zone to the north. Athabaska Gold Resources (TSE), op…

Since the mid-1980s, Mexico has undergone an economic transformation in record time, a feat that few other developing countries can claim. The change in Mexico’s economy from state control to an open …

Toronto-based Minefinders (VSE) is planning a start in October of a surface work program at its Dolores gold property in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The company will use the results of the program…

Junior Greater Lenora Resources (TSE), which has incorporated in Mexico, is reported to be actively searching for new property interests in the country. The company was involved in negotiations two ye…

Mexico’s’s current performance reflects the country’s long efforts to wrestle with financial imbalances, reduce its debt burden, control inflation and implement sustainable economic reform. During 195…

The official market for silver use in Mexico in 1992 for industrial purposes and jewelry was about 14.7 million oz. The Silver Institute of Washington, D.C., reports that slightly more than half of th…

With a field work program completed at its large copper property in the state of Chihuahua, near the Texas border, Corner Bay Minerals (TSE) is seeking ways to continue its exploration plans, either b…

Mexico has an area of 1.96 million sq. km. Its population, estimated at 84.1 million in 1992, has recently been growing at 1.8% per year. About 70% of the population lives in urban areas, with more th…

Additional reserves have been delineated at the Cuatro Hermanos copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit in the Mexican state of Sonora, Morgain Minerals (VSE) reports. A 4,500-ft. percussion drill program …