After a 17-year career with Cominco, which ended in frustration four years ago, Dr Ian Mason is excited about doing geology again. He’s onto something, here on the north shore of Lake Athabaska. But i…
Dorothy Jan Petch, who for 25 years was involved with placer platinum and gold mining on the Tulameen River, upstream from Princeton, B.C., has died at age 86. She was known as “The Platinum Queen of …
A sharp improvement in the second quarter operations of Agnico- Eagle Mines has resulted in a 3- fold increase in this company’s half year net to $5.1 million or 37 cents per share, compared to $1.5 …
Deep drilling completed by Hudson Bay Gold has produced disappointing results from Metalore Resources’ Brookbank gold property near Beardmore, Ont. Ontex Resources holds a 10% net profits royalty on t…
From a Placer Dome investor or potential investor point of view, at least two good things could happen as the result of a deal struck between the newly-formed mining giant and Amoco Canada Petroleum, …
Alex Samson, former treasurer and a director of Campbell Chibougamau Mines (now Campbell Resources) has died in Peterboro, Ont., at age 80. Mr Samson, who was with Campbell Chibougamau from 1950 to 19…
Citadel Gold Mines has completed an agreement with Dunraine Mines and Goldun Age Resources giving Citadel the right to earn a 50% interest in the Parkhill gold property. The project is located near Wa…
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Oct. — — 76.35 — — Dec. 75.40 74.60 74.95 + 1.20 Mar. 7…
Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices Sept. 1 Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Gold London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 453.75(453.10) N/A …
What’s bad for the rest of the business community is not always bad for gold. The battered U.S. buck, which took a beating this week following increased worries about the burgeoning U.S. trade deficit…
One of the best holes ever drilled on the Lamaque mine property near Val d’Or, Que, has been completed by Teck Exploration and partner Tundra Gold Mines. Hole T-13833 cut a 62.9-ft section in the No. …
Your editorial South African Strike in the Aug 17 issue suggests the possibility “that gold could soar even further on international markets as a result of a prolonged South African strike.” While thi…
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