The Denton- Rawhide mine is named after the town of Rawhide, a turn-of-the- century Nevada boom town which at its peak had over 10,000 inhabitants. The real money was likely made in the brothels and b…
Difficult times call for a renewed commitment to exploration. From a public policy point of view, any hope of maintaining a strong mining industry requires finding the deposits that will be mined tomo…
Operations at the McDermott mercury mine in Nevada of Placer Dome U.S., a unit of Placer Dome (TSE), will be suspended by the end of November, the company says. Placer has a 51% interest in the operat…
Over the last couple of years I have volunteered some of my time at the rock shop housed in the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. This is an area where the public can examine rock and mineral samples…
Workers at the Dome gold mine of Placer Dome (TSE) voted 75% in favor of accepting a new contract. The agreement, approved Oct. 31 by the workers, ended a 6-month strike by the 575 members of Local 75…
Peter Bradshaw, Brian Fraser, Terry Holland, Randy Turner elected to the board.
With assay results now in from a 14-hole drill program, Asamera Minerals (TSE) is busy planning an expanded 1991 exploration program for its new gold discovery near Rankin Inlet in the Northwest Terri…
Shareholders of Seven Mile High Group (VSE) rejected an unusual offer by former president Maurice Hamelin to drop his $1.3 million lawsuit against the company on the condition they elect a board of di…
An information forum on professional registration of geoscientists will be held this month in three Ontario cities: Sudbury (Nov. 14, 8 p.m.), Timmins (Nov. 15, 7 p.m.) and Ottawa (Nov. 16, 1 p.m.). T…
A drilling program is under way on the Marta gold-silver property owned by Consolidated Ramrod (VSE) in northwestern Spain. The program is testing a gold-bearing quartz vein system known as Las Llagas…
Many of the provisions in Bill 208, Ontario’s new occupational health and safety law, will come into effect Jan. 1, 1991. Advisers from the government and the province’s top employers will give guidan…
Despite eventual possible economic fallout from rising oil prices, 1990 is likely to be a peak year for steel consumption in the Western World, said the secretary general of the International Iron and…
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