Contest set for Fernie
The town of Fernie, B.C., will play host to the North West Regional Mine Rescue Competition, to be held Sept. 10 and 11.The competition, the fourth to be hosted in the city, will include first aid, re…
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OSC levels insider trading charge against Harper
The Ontario Securities Commission has laid Securities Act charges against the president of Golden Rule Resources (GNU-T), Glen Harper, accusing him of trading on undisclosed inside information.The cha…
Francisco expands at El Sauzal property — New study suggests lower capital, operating costs
Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has pulled encouraging values from diamond drilling at its El Sauzal project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.The junior recently drilled five stepout holes along the southwestern fl…
PEOPLE — Thunder Sword
Stephen Mellows appointed director.
PEOPLE — Latitude Minerals (March 29, 1999)
Robert Kolt appointed director.
PEOPLE — ITL Capital
Robert Paul appointed director, James Pettit appointed secretary.
Social problems in developing countries pose challenge — Canadian companies learning that it pays to be a friendly neighbour
Although Canadian mining companies have made considerable progress improving their environmental record, few of them paid much attention to their social record — particularly in developing nations –…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Devco mines deserve support
Patrick Whiteway’s letter about Devco (“Devco deposits not exactly mines,” T.N.M., Feb. 15-21/99) prompts me to add several comments of my own.I beg to differ with his somewhat tongue-in-cheek stateme…
General Minerals cuts mineralization
General Minerals (GNM-T) has encountered significant mineralization while drilling at the Escalones copper-gold project, 100 km southeast of Santiago in central Chile.The company hit 125.9 metres grad…
EASTERN MARKETS — Canadian exchanges propose major overhaul
Near the end of the March 10-16 report period, the four largest Canadian stock exchanges — Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Alberta — announced their intention to merge.Citing increased foreign comp…
Royalty sister buys stake in Cripple Creek
Euro-Nevada Mining (EN-T) has offered to buy a majority interest in Golden Cycle Gold (GCC-P), minority owner of the Cripple Creek-Victor joint venture, west of Colorado Springs, Colo.Euro intends to …
EDITORIAL — Climate change beyond human control — Exercise in folly
If geological time were divided into a 12-hour clock, humans would show up at midnight. Yet these two-legged creatures are so puffed up with self-importance that groups of them are plotting ways to cu…