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Graham Gaulter appointed director.

Christian Marriott appointed director.

Jack Marr appointed director.

Harmel Rayat and Lakhwinder Janda appointed directors.

Frank Lang elected chairman; David Hall elected president; William Filtness elected vice-president, finance.

Peter Geib appointed chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

There are limits as to how far a mining company can go to return its operations to good health and profitability. There are external restraints besides those common to any competitive enterprise. Thes…

Drilling on the Sioux Narrows gold project, at Lake of the Woods, Kenora, Ont., has resumed, reports Willingdon Resources (CDN). The program will follow up previous results that delineated a narrow, h…

“I’m hanging in there, that’s all you can do these days,” says Peter Dimmell, a mineral consultant and spokesman for Newfoundland and Labrador Explorationists (NALE), a group representing miners, pros…

Nickel-producer Falconbridge, which is half-owned by Noranda (TSE) and Trelleborg of Sweden, earned $29 million in 1992, compared with $21 million in 1991. Revenues in 1992 fell to $1.65 billion from …

Gold production from interest in three open pits in Nevada increased to 82,281 oz. in 1992, up from 49,629 oz. in 1991, Rayrock Yellowknife Resources (TSE) reports. The higher output helped Rayrock po…

The recent production pattern of South Africa’s leading gold operation has defied the simple logic that declining gold prices should lead to the closure of high-cost mines and therefore a contraction …