1996

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…

Having recalculated the resource at its Siwash property in southern British Columbia, Fairfield Minerals (TSE) is considering carrying out additional open-pit mining.The diluted, probable, open-pit re…

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…

U.S.-based Mineral Recovery Systems has unveiled a centrifugal jig aimed at increasing gold recovery.By distributing a fine slurry feed over the rotating jig bed, the device is able to capture extreme…

Royal Gold (NASDAQ) has extended the terms under which it can explore lands in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah owned by Union Pacific Resources Group (NYSE).The agreement has been extended to the end of 19…

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 …