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Mining is a risky business, right? And the men (or women) who are the leaders and the risk-takers are frequently under a lot of pressure as they weigh the various factors involved in finding and devel…

Assuming the demand for nickel remains strong for the remainder of this year and well into 1989, and that the catching-up process by producers has some way to run until supply overtakes demand, intern…

I was interested in an inside “highlights” item at the top of page 1 of your June 13 issue, which read; “Yesterdays — In the early 1900s Cobalt was the place to be.” How about “Dome Mines?” If one ha…

Since 1982, I have accumulated more than 30,000 shares of Cusac Industries. At a time when Cusac wasn’t making any money, I paid from $1.25 to over $3.50 for the shares. Now that the company is maki…

In addition to an interest in four producing mines Anyox Metals (ASE), a junior mining-exploration- development company in the J. P. Sheridan fold, will be working on as many as 20 properties this yea…

Things are mighty slow in Vancouver and the short-term prognosis suggests more of the same. Interest rate fears, lower gold prices, and month-end selling are all contributing to the depressed market c…

Now that summer has come to northwestern British Columbia bringing with it long days and a snow-free countryside, Newhawk Gold Mines (TSE) has made surface work part of its Phase II program now under …

Veteran prospector Emerson Huck Thompson died recently at Durham, Ont., in his 81st year. Thompson, who prospected for many years for Conwest Exploration, did most of his lifetime work in Ontario and …

About 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle and just a short flight to Alaska’s border with the Soviet Union, Cominco Ltd. (TSE) is rapidly developing its Red Dog mine, the largest and richest zinc dis…

ONTARIO Released From Escrow Red Lake Buffalo — 475,000 shs released. VANCOUVER Etruscan — 250,000 offered @ 68 cents per sh. Int’l Baron — gross proceeds rec $487,000. Dual — 400,000 offered @ m…

Contrary to what was reported in The Northern Miner recently, Galactic Resources and Lepanto Consolidated Mining have blocked out approximately 292,200,000 tons of grade 0.041 oz gold per ton at the L…

Triple M Mining Corp. has changed its name to S. E. Storage Express (International) Ltd. (sxe:vse) on a share-for-share basis.