1996

Long before Mikhail Gorbachev introduced reforms that changed the political and economic structures of Russia and the former Soviet Union, there existed a nostalgia for the order and structure that ep…

In Ontario, diamond drilling is under way on the Barry Twp. property of Murgor Resources (VSE).The first phase of the winter program consists of systematic, shallow drilling of the gold showing, where…

Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) has extended its option on several mineral concessions in Brazil’s eastern Amazon region.The decision follows the acquisition, by Toronto-listed Golden Star Resources, of a 1…

Jean-Pierre Devos appointed director.

Walter Brooks appointed vice-president and director, and Conrad Clemiss appointed director.

Thomas Ogryzlo appointed director.

Alvin Jackson appointed director.

David Tinsley and Gordon Fretwell appointed directors.

Exploration in Labrador and Greenland will be the subject of a one-day symposium to be held January 26, 1996, in Toronto.The University of Toronto chapter of the Society of Economic Geologists is orga…

Living in northern Ontario or Quebec during the “Dirty Thirties” had its compensations. It was one of the few places where manual jobs were occasionally available, thanks largely to the demand for wor…

Toronto-listed Sherritt has raised $341 million through a rights offering in spinoff company Sherritt International.Shareholders received one transferable right for each Sherritt share held. One trans…

Junior Northern Platinum (VSE) and J.P. Sheridan, a director of the company, have filed a statement of claim in an Ontario court for damages amounting to $25 million.The claim relates to an agreement …