Underground production at the Macassa gold mine in Kirkland Lake, Ont., has been halted following a series of rockbursts.Owner Kinross Gold reports that no employees were injured in the bursts, which …
Many of us have recurring dreams, but some are such that they will stay with us forever. Such is my dream of the wolf.In 1964, a partner and I spent most of the summer conducting reconnaissance geolog…
The Toronto Stock Exchange and the Ontario Securities Commission are forming a task force to examine the need to set standards for mining and exploration companies. Consideration will be given to how …
Copper consumption is on the rise worldwide and could top 18 million tonnes by 2010, according to a study released by CRU International, a London-based firm of metals analysts.Use of the metal in cons…
Canadian production rates of primary nickel, silver, primary zinc, iron ore and salt increased in January 1997 over levels recorded in the same period of the previous year.However, output of gold, cop…
In a name change that reflects the company’s new focus, Sonora Gold is now known as Sonora Diamond (SON-T).Although shareholders approved the new name at Sonora’s annual meeting, about half of them st…
Arauco Resources (ARU-V) has acquired full ownership of the George Lake gold project. Incorrect information appeared in our issue of March 31.
There were many tales told at the Busang property in Kalimantan, Indonesia, but one that might have a grain of truth was the story of the over-educated “egg-head” geologist sent by a major mining comp…
Vancouver-based Diagem International Resource (DGM-V) has released production figures from the Juina alluvial diamond operation in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state.Production of diamonds in March was 11,723…
A recent letter from Maurice Brown (T.N.M., Jan. 27/97) may not contain the right information on projects operated by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in foreign countries.I was a …
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at April 7/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium844,575(-8,425)Copper167,125(-10,125)Lead107,875(+950)Nickel48,5…
To increase its interest in two Vancouver-listed juniors, Bema Gold (BGO-T) has spent $4.8 million in two separate private placements.Bema bought 2 million units of El Callao Mining (ECM-V) at $1.50 e…
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