An agreement between an national firm and Botswana Diamondfields (BWD-V) sets the stage for that company to secure rights to a large diamond concession in the Lunda Norte region of Angola.The concessi…
A recently announced financing of 6.5 million units at 90cents each will provide Arian Resources (ARA.U-T) with funds with which to continue development of its Julietta gold-silver deposit in the Maga…
The author is chairman of the Mining Association of Canada. He has written the following at the request of Keep Mining in Canada, an organization formed to increase awareness of the importance of mini…
Siberia is not the easiest place to build and operate a mine, but Toronto-based High River Gold (HRG-T) is seeking to become a major player in that region’s gold industry.A partner in the Russian comp…
More holes in the Kirkland Lake, Ont., project of Queenston Mining (QMI-T) and Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) have intersected gold mineralization along structural extensions of known gold deposits at th…
Countless mines ministers, both federal and provincial, have come and gone during the 82-year history of this paper. We’ve had some good ones, some that did a passable job, and others who were plain a…
Teck (TEK-T) has signed a deal with Corona Gold (CRG-T) whereby the latter can earn a 50% interest in the 2,100-ha Tsacha gold property in British Columbia.To earn its interest, Corona must spend $500…
Escalating costs pose a greater threat to the mining industry than do falling metal prices, according to the head of the mining group for Price Waterhouse.In a speech delivered at the accounting firm’…
Toronto-based Messina Diamond (msc.u-t) has completed the evaluation of 1,303 carats recovered from its initial bulk sampling of the Satellite pipe at the Liqhobong project in Lesotho, South Africa.Th…
Producer Rex Diamond (RXD-T) has secured permits to explore two concessions in the northwestern African country of Mauritania.The land package covers 46,700 km in the northwest part of the country, wh…
upThe Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index edged up 6.55 points, or 0.8%, over the holiday-shortened report period ended Oct. 14 to close at 838.4. The mining index finished at 748.74, up 6.48 poi…
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,633 per tonne(Oct. 14/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$1,935 per tonne (Oct. 14/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.40 per lb. (Sept. 30/97).Cadmium: Composi…
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