Exploration activity has slowed this year in the isolated, mineral-rich area of MacMillan Pass, up the North Canol Road near the Yukon-Northwest Territories border. “It’s getting marginal whether they…
Canadian and Belgian central bank gold selloffs, Japanese investors liquidating assets and the post-electoral doldrums in the U.S. are all cited as reasons for continued soft gold prices. However, gol…
Mineral exploration spending in British Columbia has sagged to $90 million in 1991 from $190 million in 1990, and according to Jack Patterson, managing director of the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber…
Gold production increased by 16% during the third quarter of 1992 while cash costs per oz. decreased by 23%, Lac Minerals (TSE) reported. In the first nine months of 1992, gold output increased almost…
Production increases at all mines and the startup of a new operation enabled Pegasus Gold (TSE) to report record production for the first nine months of 1992. The company produced a total of 288,000 o…
The recent announcement by Aber Resources (TSE) and its partners Commonwealth Gold (VSE) and SouthernEra Resources (TSE) that the yellow microdiamonds recovered from a kimberlite on their Lac de Gras …
The Mission complex, just south of here, represents the combination of a number of mining interests over the years into a single property controlled by Asarco (NYSE). With the expansion of milling ope…
A new zone at the San Martin gold property at Llano Colorado in the Mexican state of Sonora is estimated to cover an area at least 300 metres by 400 metres, Aronos Multinational (CDN) reports. The com…
Toronto-based Menora Resources (ME) says it has acquired an exclusive lease over the Estrella del Norte gold project in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The company says it will continue to test the pr…
On Oct. 16, along with four colleagues from the mining and brokerage communities, I left for China on a 16-day fact-finding mission. Our visit was divided into four areas: Beijing, where the centre of…
The Maria copper mine in Mexico, 49% owned by Cominco Resources International (TSE), achieved during the third quarter, the highest level of operating profit since startup in 1990, the company reporte…
Early next month, nine Indian tribes will be at the 98th annual Northwest Mining Association convention in Spokane, Wash., to explain the benefits of prospecting on tribal lands. The Bureau of Indian …
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