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Vince Hamilton appointed president and director; Magnus Nordin appointed director.

Peter Dunfield appointed director.

Silver prices will remain stable over the next six months, trading at between US$5 and US$5.50 per oz., says Gold Fields Mineral Services.According to the British-based firm, demand is outstripping su…

A writedown of four assets has closed the door to what would have been a profitable third quarter for diversified base metal producer Rio Algom (ROM-T).During the three months ended Sept. 30, the majo…

Enjoying its lowest cash costs of the past 30 years, Homestake Mining (HM-N) reported substantial earnings for the third quarter.The company turned a profit of US$1.7 million (or 1 cents per share) du…

If a referendum were held tomorrow, British Columbians would overwhelmingly reject the Nisga’a treaty now being debated in the House of Commons. Well, debate may be too generous a word. Three of the f…

Toronto-based consulting firm Hatch has bought the engineering arm of Broken Hill Proprietary for an undisclosed sum.BHP shed the unit and its 900 employees in order to focus on mining operations. BHP…

Drilling by Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) has extended Zone 20 North some 2,700 ft. below the deepest known occurrence of mineralization at the Laronde mine in northwestern Quebec.President Sean Boyd say…

Lindsay Bottomer appointed vp, exploration.

J.D. Harvey appointed director.

P.N. Wright appointed president and CEO.

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