In the poisoned atmosphere of political controversy, court-ordered delays and rock-bottom metal prices that has left Inco (N-T) gasping for air, it is easy to forget that Voisey’s Bay represents one o…
A drilling program at the Ivanhoe property in Nevada is aimed at following up the discovery of Midas-style veining in the Valmy formation, reports Great Basin Gold (GBDG-V).The company discovered the …
With low metal prices putting a damper on exploration in the Abitibi greenstone belt, the Quebec government and the private sector are each taking steps to encourage mineral exploration in the provinc…
Looking for a little safety in today’s turbulent markets, investors continued to flock to mining, oil and forestry stocks during the Sept. 16-22 report period. The TSE’s gold and precious metals sub-i…
Alta Gold (ALTA-Q) has begun producing the yellow metal at the Olinghouse mine near Reno, Nev.The operation employs a gravity circuit, which produces concentrates that are melted into dore before bein…
Rio Algom and the Vancouver Stock Exchange recently madesizable contributions to the endowment fund of the University of British Columbia’s Mineral Deposits Research Unit (MDRU), though neither organi…
In industry jargon, they are “technical successes” — remarkable discoveries accomplished under challenging conditions and which, at first glance, appear to have fallen short of the economic threshold…
Nobody can disagree with the need to regulate the behavior of companies in our industry, but we must be on our guard against the rules getting out of hand. I suspect this is happening when the [Ontari…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Sept.22/98 (change from Sept. 15 in brackets):MetalStocks(tonnes)Change…
Wednesday September 23, 1998Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$288.00- $1.15Silver*$ 4.8…
Winspear Resources (WSP-V) is showing no signs of letting up on its year-round schedule of diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories.Since 1992, the Vancouver-based junior and its partners have…
Magmatic deposits of platinum group elements (PGE) are among the world’s rarest mineral repositories, but, with the aid of academic and government research, Mustang Gold (MUST-C) is confident it can b…
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