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 …
Solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) has long served as a secondary source of copper for large U.S. producers, but the process is also gaining prominence among so-called stand-alone operations. I…
At a time when many North American mining companies are working projects in Central and South America, opportunities in Southeast Asia are in danger of being overlooked. Projects abound at all levels,…
There may not be a lot of major new discovery announcements coming out of the historic Porcupine gold mining camp these days, but that doesn’t mean the area is being ignored. In fact, in comparison wi…
Based on the current levels of exploration and the number of advanced projects being developed, Quebec appears to be one of the hottest places in the country to search for base metals. Most major Cana…
Placer Dome (TSE) has dropped its option on Noble Peak Resources’ (ASE) Southwin gold project, about 100 miles southwest of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. Southwin hosts the Cache deposit and the Mac gold zone….
Shareholders of Northwest Gold (USOTC) will be offered one common share of Northgate Exploration (TSE) in exchange for 15 class-A subordinate voting shares of Northwest.The offer will not be open to N…
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