On four occasions during the last 1.5 million years, most bedrock surfaces in Canada were scoured by glacial erosion. Diamonds originally present in kimberlite bodies were plucked, transported and sca…
Highlights of a Russian diamond tour last spring will feature prominently in an address by David Wahl at the Sept. 23 luncheon of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and…
The Similco copper mine near Princeton, B.C., will remain open until the end of November. It was previously scheduled to close Sept. 10. Owner Princeton Mining (TSE) is working with the Job Protection…
Lead-zinc producer Curragh (TSE) may be near bankruptcy. The Toronto-based company, under protection from creditors and with no cash, will find out its fate Sept. 20 when unsecured creditors render th…
In preparation for the Oct. 25 federal election, The Northern Miner asked representatives of four of the main political parties to respond to a series of questions pertaining to mining. All representa…
The push to prove up an economic diamond deposit has begun in earnest in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories. Two international majors, Kennecott and BHP Minerals, are moving ahead wit…
Further surface drilling by Noranda Exploration, a unit of Noranda (TSE), on its Bell Allard South property near Matagami, Que., has encountered additional base metal mineralization. To date, a massiv…
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $345.25 – $7.00 Silver* $ 4.04 – $0.22 Platinum* $353.00 – $3.50 Nickel** $ 2.00 – $0.03 Lead** $ 0.17 – $0.01 Copper $ 0.87 – $0.03 Zinc $ 0.40 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotia…
Toronto-based major Rio Algom (TSE) and an Exxon Corp. subsidiary have joined forces to advance permitting of a 30-million-ton classic massive sulphide deposit in the north-central U.S. The deposit, n…
With a letter of intent to earn a half interest in the Montana Mountain property near Carcross, Y.T., Amcorp Industries (VSE) expects to begin a minimum 5-hole drilling program shortly. Amcorp can ear…
Investment opportunities worldwide are so great that businesses can afford to be selective about where to invest their capital. Cuba, however, is not the most desirable investment target, according to…
The new Moab gold mine in South Africa is expected to produce 293 tons of bullion annually, Anglo American’s gold division chairman said recently in Cape Town. Clem Sunter told an investment conferenc…
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