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An additional capital expenditure of $40 million will be made by Inco Ltd. at its Sudbury, Ont., nickel mining operations. Over a 2-year period, the world’s largest nickel miner plans to spend $25 mil…

Lakeshore Minerals has acquired four mineral prospects. These include 22 claims in Notman Twp., and 8 claims in Chelsey Twp., Ont. The purchase price was $4,200 and 400,000 of the company’s common sha…

In a move that could bring its Marathon, Ont., platinum group metals (PGM) deposit to a production decision as early as late next year, Fleck Resources has signed a letter of intent with Teck Corp. in…

Wednesday close, Sept 24 Rumours of a platinum discovery near Schefferville, Quebec, helped two issues advance. Tandem Resources and Ronrico Explorations, which each hold a 10% interest in a private s…

Initial drilling on Minefinders Corp.’s Eqst Group property in northwestern Quebec’s Dubuisson Twp. has confirmed the presence of a major gold-bearing shear zone with values ranging up to 0.24 oz gold…

Wednesday close, Sept 24 The market managed to regain some lost ground afterlast week’s tailspin to below the 3,000 pt level. Today with over 18 million shares changing hands, the widely followed com…

Augmitto Explorations has received final receipt from the Quebec Securities Commission for a prospectus offering in Quebec. If completed, the offering will raise a minimum of $2.5 million and a maximu…

Klondex Mines has completed an arrangement for an immediate drilling and development program on its Fire Creek heap leach gold project in Nevada, a joint venture with Alma American Mining Corp. Two pr…

Supply restrictions by major producers such as China are the only way to improve tungsten prices, yet prices could experience a period of volatility not seen since the early 1970s if such restrictions…

I still have 10,000 shares of Young-Shannon Gold Mines held at Hector Chisholm & Co. What chance have they of doing something to get going again? H. A.Kidd, Willowdale, Ont. The chances don’t look ver…

wo diamond drills now are on the Revelstoke, B.C., property of Windflower Mining, George Zbitnoff, vice-president exploration of Granges Exploration and Gerald Ryzner, P.Eng., president of Windflower,…

Eider Resources is starting a diamond drill program on its Lac Rose property in northwestern Quebec to test a geochemical target and evaluate the average grade of the known veins. Geologist Michel Roy…