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As part of an effort to acquire new projects, Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) announced plans to spend $7.5 million to bring the J&L polymetallic deposit near Revelstoke, B.C., to feasibility in return for a 6…

Calgary-based Morrison Minerals (TSE) has teamed up with Total Energold (TSE) to participate in an exploration joint venture on 336 claims in the Casa Berardi gold belt of northwestern Quebec. A recen…

A letter of intent to enter into an option agreement with Blue Falcon Mines has been signed by Micron Metals Canada (ASE) and its joint venture partners in the Moapa Valley prospect in Nevada. The agr…

Ontario ranks first in terms of annual provincial mineral production value, accounting for about 37% of Canadian production, Ontario Mining Association statistics reveal. Some 90% of Ontario’s metals …

Perhaps if the name were changed from “promoter” to “entrepreneur,” things would be different. Entrepreneurs, after all, are glorified by the same journalists who have no qualms about vilifying those …

Trimin Resources (TSE) has rescheduled its extraordinary general meeting to early November in order to allow for the completion of an independent report on the proposed sale of the company’s key asset…

American Reserve Mining (ME) says rehabilitation of the No. 6 winze on its 40% owned Paymaster project near Timmins, Ont., has been completed down to the 4,975-ft. level and access to the 6,025-ft lev…

The Soviet mining industry says it is open to offers from its western counterparts to generate new mining projects, update antiquated mining technology and reclaim metal from waste. At an east-west st…

Corona (TSE) filed a lawsuit earlier this year in the Ontario Court, general division against its partner in the Fort Cady boric acid project, northeast of Los Angeles, Calif. Corona, through Fort Cad…

Queen’s University will host a seminar on mineral exploration at the Donald Gordon Centre for Continuing Education, Kingston, Ont., Dec. 2-8. It is designed to provide exploration managers and project…

Tourist outfitter and flying service enterprises sometimes are affected by mining activities. Often they benefit from the spinoffs of mining. Don Massey of Hawk Junction, near Wawa, owns and operates …

Gold production at Placer Dome’s Sigma mine at Val d’Or, Que., is expected to be about 67,600 oz. in 1990, down slightly more than 1,500 oz. from 1989 production. Last year, the mine’s mill underwent …