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Alan Archer appointed director.

Brian Ferguson and Sylvain Hollander appointed directors.

An office has been opened in Santiago, Chile, and the following four appointments have been made: Renato Fernandez, senior geologist; George Ring, senior hydrogeologist; Carlos Saez, senior engineer; …

Despite the recent political turmoil in Russia, a tremendous opportunity exists for Western-based mining companies. Russia accounts for about one-eighth of the world’s land mass, second only to Canada…

Reserves have increased modestly at the Sterling gold mine in southern Nevada. The mine is 52%-owned by Cathedral Gold (TSE), which estimates geological reserves to be 536,000 tons grading 0.183 oz. g…

Drill results indicate the Tarmac property in Quebec’s Dubuisson Twp. hosts gold mineralization. Globex Mining (ME) reports the following best results from five holes: Hole 94-1 intersected 4.92 ft. a…

The Fraser Institute of Vancouver is expecting about 700 entries this year for its “economy in government” competition. Prizes worth a total of $40,000 will be awarded to the best proposals for improv…

“On the ocean floor there are mines of zinc, iron, lead, silver and gold that would be easy to exploit.” This quotation from one of Jules Verne’s visionary novels may seem far-fetched. However, resear…

Six major projects — Midwest, McClean Lake, Cluff Lake (Dominique-Janine), McArthur River, Cigar Lake and Eagle Point — are at various stages of development in Saskatchewan. The prairie province rem…

If one were to ask people on the street what they associate with the United Nations, the answer would probably be relief work in Somalia or peace-keeping in Bosnia, rather than mineral exploration in …

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland will jointly host the Atlantic Canada Rock Room at this year’s convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). The Rock Room will…

Gerald Carlson appointed director.