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Having second thoughts about its proposed offer to buy all of the outstanding shares of Louvem Mines it does not already own is St. Genevieve Resources of Montreal. The company, which currently owns a…

Following the sale of its Chibougamau gold/copper mines to Western Mining Corp. of Australia, Northgate Exploration recently reported its best ever financial results. Northgate ended the year with app…

As was widely anticipated (N.M., March 7/88), a Prime Capital (Pezim) Group company has entered the takeover battle for Vancouver-based North American Metals. It has added a bit of much- needed excite…

Would you be kind enough to provide me with some information on Beauce Placer Mining Co. which seems to be active, even if I haven’t read about it recently, and on Prime Potash Corp. of Canada which a…

Inco Ltd. is currently reviewing its female placement policy following a decision by a human rights inquiry which ruled that the company can no longer bar women of child-bearing age from working in pa…

Recently acquiring 24 claims near Dog Pond in south-central Newfoundland was Bitech Energy Resources of Toronto. The agreement calls for a 2% net smelter return and is subject to regulatory approval. …

The Quebec government mining company soquem (Societe quebecoise d’exploration miniere) has a new president and chief executive officer. Andre Laurin, formerly assistant deputy minister (mines) with th…

Metallgesellschaft Canada Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toronto-based Metall Mining has reported substantially increased earnings for the year ended Oct 31. A dilution gain of $5.2 million…

Significant intersections of enriched gold mineralization were encountered recently at the 50/50 joint venture gold project at Mishibishu Lake, Ont., involving MacMillan Energy and Granges Exploration…

Exploration spending will jump 37% to $13.7 million in 1988, Getty Resources says in its 9-month interim report. Taken over in January by Total Resources Canada, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Total Co…

A series of short courses on mining and mining-related subjects is being offered from March through June of this year by the college of earth and mineral sciences at Pennsylvania State University. The…

Edmonton-based Golden Star Resources has established initial reserve figures at three Guyana gold properties which are being explored in a joint venture with Giant Resources of Australia. They include…