Drilling on the Diavik project in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has uncovered seven new kimberlite intrusions, reports Aber Resources (TSE). Although bad weather has hampered the e…
Following a successful exploration season at the Huckleberry property last year, Vancouver, B.C.-based New Canamin Resources has received a provincial award for successful reclamation of an exploratio…
Women working in geology today may think they are pioneering in a predominantly male field. But the real pioneer was from an earlier generation. Canada’s first female geologist was Alice Evelyn Wilson…
The first Nova Scotia Mining Week is being staged this week under the theme “If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.” Sponsors are the Chamber of Mineral Resources of Nova Scotia, the Mining Society…
A junior company is being granted exploration and mine development rights covering the whole of Armenia, an area of almost 30,000 sq. km. If the assignment agreement is approved by regulators, Rome Re…
A numbered Ontario company, which is a subsidiary of Laurasia Resources (TSE), has an option to earn a 50% interest in two mineral properties in Portugal from Empresa Mineira da Serra do Cercal S.A., …
Mining was flat in the 1950s. Longyear drillers and designers had accumulated more than 50 years of experience drilling in remote locations through a variety of bewildering geological formations. The …
The price of gold rocketed to a high of US$385 per oz. on May 19 from a low in March of about $326. At presstime, the price had sagged, presumably as a result of profit-taking, to $373. Peter Allen, p…
The Canadian exploration unit of a major U.S. company has stepped in to fill the shoes of Battle Mountain Canada on the Amalgamated Kirkland property near Kirkland Lake, Ont. Cyprus Canada, a unit of …
To the diamond drill fraternity, the story of the invention of the core drill in 1863 is a familiar one. For those unfamiliar with the story, it bears retelling. In 1857, the project of drilling a rai…
Glamis Gold (TSE) has entered into an agreement with Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon to place 1,250,000 common shares at a price of US$8.625 per share for gross proceeds of $10.8 million. This sale is in…
Although the recession has been termed “officially” ended, we in the mining services industry can find little comfort in recent statements to this effect from politicians and economists, neither of wh…
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