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The Immel zinc mine of Asarco (NYSE) in Tennessee has won an underground safety award. The 1992 Sentinels of Safety award was presented to the company by the American Mining Congress and its co-sponso…

Argentina — An Overview for Precious and Base Metal Mining Executives, by Balfour Holdings, 3891 East Irwin Place, Littleton, Colo. 80122, USA. US$1,500. (Colorado residents, add 3.8% sales tax.) Arg…

A private placement of 688,750 flow-through shares at 80 cents per share has been completed by Nebex Resources (ASE). Most of the proceeds from the $551,000 placement will fund exploration on the Nort…

Peter Taggart appointed director.

Paul Brockington appointed director.

Gunnar Vogel appointed director.

Petros Tsaparas appointed director.

John Husdon appointed president and director; Douglas Husdon and David Clark appointed directors.

Following the recent rise in the gold price and a revised feasibility study, Cameco (TSE) proposes to develop an underground test mine at the Contact Lake gold deposit in Saskatchewan. The deposit, 45…

Gold miner Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) expects to raise US$43.9 million through a public offering of 4.25 million common shares at US$11 per share. The offering is being made in the U.S., Canada and Euro…

The following is an open letter to Michael Harcourt, premier of British Columbia, in response to his government’s decision to expropriate the Windy Craggy copper project in favor of creating a provinc…

Midland Walwyn Capital and Canaccord Capital will acquire six million special warrants of Repadre Capital (VSE) at $3 per warrant, to raise a total of $18 million. The underwriters have the option to …