“One thing that has always saddened me is the apparent lack of knowledge that most people have about the actual process of finding a mine.” That lack of understanding as he saw it inspired John Gammon…
The comnies involved in the Dome Mountain gold-silver project east of Smithers, B.C., say they have obtained “very encouraging” gold and silver values from underground drilling over a 130-ft length of…
Production costs at the Arthur White mine near Red Lake, Ont., averaged $510 per oz during the first half of this year, Cambior Inc (TSE) says. Current gold prices are about $525(C). Cambior, which so…
There’s a disturbing pattern emerging in mine safety statistics. While lost-time accidents have shown a significant decline over the past several years, mine fatalities have not been reduced at all. I…
It’s been a busy week for Galactic Resources (TSE). The company closed a series of related transactions valued at $39,375,000(US) with Homestake Mining, and more recently increased its stake in Panora…
At first it doesn’t quite compute, like seeing cows grazing on a city street or the Queen Mary lumbering for takeoff at an airport. But there it is, a 110-ft-high headframe smack in the middle of a fa…
Four new anomalous gold showings were recently uncovered on Tungco Resources’ (VSE) Waratah property in the Iskut River gold camp in northern B.C. The showings were found during this season’s explorat…
From a research report by J. B. Were & Son, a member of the Australian Stock Exchange. The current very strong metal prices are largely demand driven with most base metals now coming from almost fully…
A tonnage calculation is being made by Ego Resources (TSE) for the company’s west main zone gold deposit near Wawa, Ont. Discovered in January, the find has been the subject of in-fill drilling which …
First inductees into the recently-formed Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will be announced at an inaugural dinner to be held in Toronto November 21. The Hall of Fame will pay tribute to those individuals…
Charles P. Girdwood, former general manager of the Dome gold mine in South Porcupine and a former vice-president and director of Dome Mines, died August 8 in hospital at Ottawa. He was 78. Before join…
A cloud of uncertainty continued to hang over the exchange this week as investors remained liquid, showing reluctance to increase their positions until a clear sign of a market turnaround appears. Cho…
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