Silver prices are not expected to improve over the short term, according to metals analyst Richard Hajdukiewicz, vice-president of commodities for J. Aron & Co, the commodities division of the investm…
Americomm Resources (OTC) recently acquired a copper prospect in the Lisbon Valley area in southeastern Utah.The property consists of 105 lode claims and two state leases near the Lisbon Valley copper…
In December, 1995, the federal Standing Committee on Natural Resources tabled an interim report which examined mining issues and made specific recommendations to government. The committee was chaired …
The Beaufor mine, near Val d’Or, Que., has begun churning out the yellow metal.Equal partners Aurizon Mines (TSE) and Louvem Mines (TSE) commenced production in early January. The miners’ changeroom a…
With an option on the Pilar gold property in Mexico now in place, Santa Catalina Mining (VSE) is making exploration plans.The property lies 177 km southwest of Hermosillo in Sonora state, and Santa Ca…
The latest update on the gold market by Gold Fields Mineral Services indicates that new records were established in 1995.On the demand side, fabrication and bar-hoarding accounted for some 3,550 tonne…
In a year dominated by news from its porphyry copper and massive sulphide projects in the Philippines, TVI Pacific (TSE) has been making slow but steady progress in its search for epithermal gold in t…
Drilling on the southern margin of the Harp Lake Intrusive Complex in Labrador was expected to have resumed by presstime.Vancouver-listed partners Cartaway Container and Peruvian Gold report that thre…
Delayed by road construction, a 9-hole drill program is expected to begin later this month on the high-grade Accha zinc-lead property in Peru.Cominco (TSE) can earn an initial half interest in the pro…
Having cleared the anti-trust hurdle with the U.S. government, BHP (NYSE) is proceeding with its merger with Magma Copper (NYSE).In early January, the Australian miner completed a tender offer for a m…
A loan from a private company associated with Robert Dickinson, president of Taseko Mines (VSE), will provide $1 million in interim financing for the company’s Prosperity gold-copper project in centra…
Drilling on the Champion property in Taos Cty., N.M., has turned up oxide copper values for Summo Minerals (VSE).Ten holes were drilled on a 150-by-200-ft. pattern, with the first seven holes returnin…
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