1995

Richard Hughes appointed vice-president of corporate finance.

Richard Garnett appointed director.

Jack Belton appointed director.

H. Jarvis appointed director.

Raise bore crews of Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada have set a Canadian record. The site of the feat was the Trout Lake mine in Flin Flon, Man., belonging to Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. A 16…

The mining recorder’s office in Kirkland Lake, Ont., has become the ninth provincial site to offer electronic access to information on mining claims. This has been made possible by the expansion of th…

The government of Eritrea is hoping a new mining policy and investment law will help open up this Horn of Africa country to foreign investment. A delegation of Eritreans attended the recent convention…

Despite lower production levels, Echo Bay Mines (TSE) managed to turn a profit in 1994. The company earned US$8 million (or 7 cents per share), compared with US$3.6 million (or 3 cents per share) in t…

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has suspended trading in VSE-listed Beauchamps Exploration and Beaufield Consolidated Resources while it continues an investigation into the affairs o…

Having increasing reserves at the San Francisco gold project in Mexico, Geomaque Explorations (TSE) now intends to expand production. Last year, the company increased minable proven and probable reser…

Allan Ferry, research analyst for Toronto-based Thomson Kernaghan & Co., believes Tiomin Resources (ME) is well positioned to develop its Natashquan heavy mineral sands project in Quebec. Tiomin is al…

Anyone who has flown in Canada’s North has probably picked up a copy of Above & Beyond, the in-flight magazine published for Inuit-owned First Air. The glossy publication is unabashedly bullish on min…