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If the 124th annual meeting and trade show of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration had to be summed up in a word, it would be “variety.” More than 5,300 people attended the recent event …

Reverse-circulation drilling at the Aurora gold mine in Nevada is returning ore-grade mineralization over large widths. Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE), in an attempt to define the eastern extens…

By adding a second drill rig to the San Fernando gold property in west-central Mexico, San Fernando Mining (TSE) has intensified exploration and predevelopment work. The $2-million program will consis…

An elementary school in Henderson, Nev., is trying to interest students in mining through construction of the “McCaw School of Mines.” Funding, materials and manpower are being donated to the 4,649-sq…

Richard Hughes appointed vice-president of corporate finance.

Richard Garnett appointed director.

Jack Belton appointed director.

H. Jarvis appointed director.

Raise bore crews of Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada have set a Canadian record. The site of the feat was the Trout Lake mine in Flin Flon, Man., belonging to Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. A 16…

The mining recorder’s office in Kirkland Lake, Ont., has become the ninth provincial site to offer electronic access to information on mining claims. This has been made possible by the expansion of th…

The government of Eritrea is hoping a new mining policy and investment law will help open up this Horn of Africa country to foreign investment. A delegation of Eritreans attended the recent convention…

Despite lower production levels, Echo Bay Mines (TSE) managed to turn a profit in 1994. The company earned US$8 million (or 7 cents per share), compared with US$3.6 million (or 3 cents per share) in t…