Activities related to the hunt for diamonds continue on several fronts across Canada. In the Northwest Territories, Leeward Capital (VSE) and Skeena Resources (VSE) report signing a letter of intent t…
The Second International Conference on Environmental Issues and Management of Waste in Energy and Mineral Production is scheduled for Sept. 1-4 in Calgary, Alta. Organized in part by the University of…
Diamond drilling was started recently on the North Kemess property, 100% owned by El Condor Resources (VSE). The property covers about 11 square miles adjacent and north of the South Kemess property o…
During the 1-year period July, 1991-June, 1992, almost $19 million of assessment work (dollars spent) for mineral claims was submitted in Ontario, the province’s Ministry of Northern Development and M…
Low-cost gold producer Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) increased first-half output to 236,600 oz. from its two operating mines. Production at the Golden Giant mine at the Hemlo camp in northern Ontario totalle…
A new management team at Goldstack Resources (VSE) is hoping it will be able to follow up on favorable drilling results from its Yellowhammer copper-oxide property on the Utah-Nevada border. Encouragi…
With a wary eye on the environmentalists, quite a few gold mining companies are making a big to-do about recovering gold without cyanide. In this day and age, being “chemically correct” is highly desi…
Startup troubles at the Tuina copper mine in northern Chile, which went into operation in March, have been rectified, International Mahogany (TSE) reports. Direct operating costs at the project, which…
Western markets remained relatively quiet during the holiday-shortened week ended Aug. 4, with the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index gaining 1.91 points to finish at the 580 level and the resou…
The competitive advantage enjoyed by nickel producers of sulphide deposits has eroded in recent years in favor of laterite operations, and a surge in costs in Canada must take a large part of the blam…
When Price Waterhouse talks mining, people listen. For the past 24 years, the firm has summarized the financial results and economic impacts of British Columbia’s mining industry, and its annual repor…
Shares of White Star Copper Mines (CDN) broke through the $1 mark in active trading on growing speculative interest in the current drilling being carried out by Falconbridge on the company’s small but…
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