With positive exploration results greeted more often with a selloff on the generation of liquidity than with an appreciation in share price, Canadian exploration juniors are battling a negative market…
James Parres, president of CopperQuest (COPQ-C), has filed a lawsuit against Ipsco, a Regina-based steel firm, over rights to ground south of Choiceland, Sask., believed to be prospective for diamonds…
Gold Funds as of October 15, 1998BGRCentralNet Value$14.176.05Price$11.00…
Mid-tier gold producer William Resources (WIM-T) is implementing an operating plan designed to trim its European output and suspend South American production.At its flagship Bjorkdal open-pit mine in …
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has advised Chesbar Resources (CBI-M) that it will not proceed with further investment in the company and will therefore forfeit its rights at the junior’s gold properties in the …
Subject to due diligence and the approval of the Inuvialuit people of the western Arctic, Falconbridge (FL-T) plans to participate in the ground evaluation program of the Darnley Bay anomaly at Paulat…
Somebody, at least, is prepared to invest in nickel mining in Labrador: Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) has purchased just over 25% of the VBN shares of nickel producer Inco (N-T).The $50-million deal giv…
The recent submission to the federal government of an environmental assessment for the proposed Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories sets in motion the permitting process for what will be, in all …
Stepping out from known mineralization at the Bongara zinc property in northern Peru, partners Cominco (CLT-T) and Solitario Resources (SLR-T) have encountered more high-grade zinc.Some 500 metres nor…
Having been involved in one of the recent mine failures — Grouse Creek in Idaho — mentioned in the excellent article by James Whyte (“Recent history reveals trend in mine failures,” T.N.M., Sept. 28…
Over the past three months, Montreal-based junior Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-M) has secured $200,000 from various provincial government bodies and pension funds.In August, Sodemex and Sodemex II each…
In the end, quality — not quantity — determines the economics of a diamond-bearing kimberlite. If the diamonds can’t be marketed as gems, the deposit — no matter how high-grade — is virtually wort…
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