Delegates attending a conference held here in early May were told that mining in the next century may feature the increased use of robotics, specialty alloys and recycled materials, and may incorporat…
Penn-Gold Resources (PNB-V) has changed its name to Moreno Ventures (MRV-V) on a 1-new-for-13-old-share basis.May 18-20 Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada & Associat…
Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) and BHP Diamonds have announced plans to construct a diamond sorting and valuation facility at the Yellowknife airport in the Northwest Territories.The facility will be used f…
Southern Cross Resources (SXR) has increased resources at its Goulds Dam-Billeroo uranium property in Australia.Based on 504 holes drilled between 1969 and 1980, not all of which had been used in prev…
Quebec City-based Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-M) is set to begin a new drill program on the Grande Sud property in the James Bay region of Quebec.Attention is focused on two zones of mineralization, name…
Vancouver-based Camnor Resources (CMB-V) has signed a letter of intent to acquire polymetallic mineral properties in Alaska’s Bonnifield district from Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-Q).The deal commits…
Denison Mines (DEN-T) attributes a drop in first-quarter revenue to a 33% reduction in the price of crude oil produced at the company’s Prinos offshore oil fields in Greece.Compounding the price drop …
Management of Boliden (BOL-T) told shareholders at the company’s first annual meeting as a Canadian-based miner that the tailings spill at its Los Frailes mine in Spain was not the result of negligenc…
The 160-oz. gold bar poured May 7 at the Poura mine, in west-central Burkina Faso, won’t rock the gold market, but it represents an appropriate milestone on a long road back.For Sahelian Goldfields (S…
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has decided to sell its interest in the Cerro Crucitas gold property in northern Costa Rica, stating that the property does not fit its strategic objectives.Since discovering the C…
The nucleonics division of Concord, Ont.-based Scintrex has been awarded a contract valued at $3.1 million from Atomic Energy Canada to supply the fail fuel location systems for the Qinshan 1 and 2 po…
Richmond Hill, Ont.-based Dynatec has been awarded a US$9.5-million contract from North American Salt.The contract covers the sinking of a 1,600-ft., concrete-lined production shaft at Cote Blanche Is…
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