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Recently listed for trading on the Montreal Exchange was Fairfield Explorations of Rouyn-Noranda, Que. (symbol ffr). The company reports it is starting a $407,000 exploration program on three gold pro…

Field work will begin immediately at Coronado Resources’ Davis Lake joint venture gold property in Saskatchewan’s La Ronge mining district, the company said. According to Coronado, the program will co…

Can you tell an American fan of Canadians, Canadian mining, and your beautiful and robust country what in the world Casa-Berardi means in terms of the historic origin of the two words? The Canadian Em…

A full-service precious metals refinery which will produce gold and silver bullion from residues and scrap is planned for Sydney, Australia. The refinery, construction of which is subject to governmen…

One of North American mining’s most senior citizens is back in favor with Merrill Lynch’s New York-based Global Securities Research department. After reopening its Lucky Friday silver mine, Hecla Mini…

Forty veins ranging in width from two to 50 ft have been uncovered at the Ketza silver property in the Yukon, joint-venture partners Yukon Minerals and Perrex Resources report. Grades of grab samples …

While a Japanese cosmetics firm reports it has available a synthetic mica, substitution of natural mica in foundation and face powder by the new material does not appear imminent: it costs four times …

N.Y. Commodities Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Nov. 112.30 112.30 113.55 + 11.20 Dec. 112.00 107.30 111.30 + 11…

Given the recent market crash, you would think investing in securities would be the last thing on anybody’s mind. But the 1987 International Investors Forum held in Vancouver recently suggests otherwi…

A drilling program to follow up on earlier exploration work is planned by Calgary-based Kapalua Gold Mines on its Briscoe-Bryce gold property in northeastern Ontario. President A. David Birkett report…

Analysts who predicted that gold stocks would lead the market recovery could be right; but there’s some question whether stocks will return to the somewhat inflated multiples we saw earlier. Reflectin…

For the first time since copper prices began to weaken in 198l, Gibraltar Mines has reported a 9-month profit. Earnings were $963,000 or 8 cents per share, compared to a loss of $3,470,000 or 30 cent…