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As the operator of a developing mine and — to add speculative appeal — a major participant in the Northwest Territories diamond hunt, Aur Resources (TSE) has been climbing in price on the Toronto St…

Copper-miner Bethlehem Resources (TSE) recently reached an agreement-in-principle with Lac Minerals (TSE) to lease (with an option to purchase) the Poison Mountain copper-gold-molybdenum property nort…

In 1956, while working in Elliot Lake, Ont., I met Jack Mitchell, an engineer from the Algom Nordic operations. Little did I realize how our paths would cross and how close our friendship and associat…

The Colorado Mining Association recently elected Kit Kimball to the position of chairman. Kimball is the first woman to be elected to the top leadership position of the association in its 117-year his…

Lynford Pearson appointed director.

Donald Downing appointed president.

Under the recent federal budget, Ottawa will no longer renew federal-provincial Mineral Development Agreements (MDAs) when they expire. The decision is part of the government’s plan to reduce spending…

Underground drilling on Zone 20 at the LaRonde mine in northwestern Quebec continues to yield encouraging results for Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE). Hole 20-103, drilled 200 ft. below a previous high-grade…

Steven Stetsco appointed director.

The first phase of metallurgical testing at the Omni polymetallic project in the Yukon is complete, reports Wheaton River Minerals (TSE). At Lakefield Research, a mineral-processor near Peterborough, …

Ritchie Bogle appointed president; Ralph Klimove, Kenneth Holmes and Helen Baker appointed directors.

Market conditions have entered a period of unusual volatility. Refinery producers of all metals are aggressively selling product to maintain market share, keep costs low and reduce inventories. Unless…