1993

Rene Carrier appointed president.

Rene Carrier appointed president.

Robert Hunter appointed director and chairman; Robert Dickinson appointed director.

Based on 115 reverse circulation holes drilled in 1992 and 1993, Azco Mining (TSE) estimates its Piedras Verdes deposit near Alamos, Mexico, contains about 87.2 million tonnes grading 0.43% copper. Us…

Frank Scott appointed director and acting chairman.

A mining heritage theme park, which would house the Canadian Mining of Fame, has been proposed for Cobalt, Ont. Gino Chitaroni, whose family has owned and operated a tourism business in the historical…

The Commodity Exchange of New York (Comex) began trading 5-day copper options earlier this month. The short-dated option contract, a means for investors to manage short-term price risk, complements Co…

Gold miners around the world project flat production through to 1996, The Gold Institute of Washington, D.C., reports in an annual survey. The survey, in which more than 200 producers were assessed, s…

Results are awaited from several summer drilling programs in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories. But considering the turnaround time for processing core samples, it is likely the bulk…

Trading activity on the Vancouver Stock Exchange has entered the summer slowdown, though a surge in private placement financings is providing a boost. More than $551 million has been raised through th…

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A study of samples from the Bajo de la Alumbrera project in Argentina indicates copper and gold recoveries of 91% and 70%, respectively, at average feed grade. Lakefield Research, near Peterborough, O…