About 70 participants, mainly geologists, prospectors and university students, recently attended a 1-day workshop on kimberlite exploration, at the Haileybury School of Mines in Haileybury, Ont. Title…
The story of how diamonds were discovered in Le Tac Twp. in northwestern Quebec includes a large amount of luck and is similar to earlier finds of mineral deposits in the Canadian Shield. So writes Wi…
Toronto-listed Cameco has signed a deal to help develop uranium deposits in Kazakhstan, a former republic of the U.S.S.R. The 10-year agreement calls for Cameco and Uranerz Exploration & Mining to sha…
With drilling continuing at the Casino copper-gold project in southwestern Yukon, owner Pacific Sentinel Gold (VSE) has released a preliminary estimate of reserves for a starter pit within the larger …
Anooraq Resources (ARQ:VSE) has changed its transfer agent. It is now Montreal Trust.
The Keystone joint venture started open-pit mining of the BT deposit near Lynn Lake, Man., in mid-August. An estimated 25,000 tonnes of high-grade ore is now exposed. Cazador Explorations (VSE), which…
On a 296-claim package in the Brookfield area of southwest Nova Scotia, Abacus Minerals (VSE) has begun detailed sampling for gold. Abacus can earn a 100% interest in the property from a private compa…
The age of two Lac de Gras kimberlites has been disclosed by joint-venture partners BHP Minerals Canada and Dia Met Minerals (TSE). The partners were the first to discover potentially economic diamond…
Miners will be marching on Washington, D.C., next month in response to predictions that there will be Congressional mining law activity. The trips are being co-ordinated with the Mineral Resources All…
During the 1990s, control by national governments of mineral resources and operating mines in many Latin America countries will decrease markedly and the percentage owned and controlled by foreign min…
After the strong summer bull market, most precious metals have been losing ground as a result of profit-taking by speculators. The question is, after testing the downtrend line, will these metals even…
The auriferous zone at the Douay property of Northern Abitibi Mining (ASE) in northwestern Quebec has been traced for more than 2,600 ft. along strike. Drilling by Soquem, the Quebec Crown exploration…
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