JKS Boyles International, a manufacturer of underground and surface diamond drill equipment, has been acquired by Stockholm-based Atlas Copco.JKS Boyles now belongs to the Atlas Copco Craelius stable …
The Klondike gold rush of 1898 will be discussed at the next luncheon of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, to be held Nov. 29 at 12 noon at the Stanle…
Colin Coats, a former chief geologist with Falconbridge, has died of cancer.Born in Scotland, Coats obtained a degree at the University of Edinburgh before emigrating to Canada to complete his educati…
A workforce reduction was not sufficient to keep Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T) in the black at its 63%-held Quinsam coal division near Campbell River, B.C.The company laid off 130 employees in July, …
In the mid- to late-1980s, my apprenticeship as a geologist at the Dome and Paymaster gold mines, and more recent exploration work in the Hoyle Pond belt of the Timmins-Porcupine camp, afforded me the…
Holt International Investments (HLT-V) has changed its name to Argent Resources (AOU-V).
Montreal-based Allican Resources (ALI-M) has raised $1.2 million for studies related to a ferrochrome production project in Thetford Mines, Que.The funds were raised from various sources. The company …
Mining companies are being battered left and right by low commodity prices and investor apathy, with junior companies bearing the brunt of the frontal assault. That might explain why only two companie…
100.13 (+2.07)(Sept 30/98 = 100)…
Lower-than-planned production at the Refugio gold mine in northern Chile contributed to a third-quarter loss for Bema Gold (BGO-T).The company posted a loss of US$6.8 million (or 6 cents per share) on…
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:AfriOre (AFO-V) — Thomas DiGiacomo, director, transferred 80,000 shares fro…
Gold Funds as of November 12, 1998BGRCentralNet Value$14.536.05Price$10.60…
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