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A $580-million land claim settlement with the federal government covering the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories was recently approved in a referendum by Inuit voters. About 80% of those eli…

Drilling, engineering and environmental studies are continuing at the Haile gold property near Kershaw, S.C., where three rigs are currently operating. The property is under the control of Amax Gold (…

Douglas Rogers appointed director.

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Michael Clark named chief operating officer.

Shares of Echo Bay Mines (TSE) may be dropped from The Toronto Stock Exchange’s 35 index if the company fails to meet certain criteria by year-end, the exchange reports. The index consists of the 35 m…

Daniel Baroux, Elisabeth Labrick and Oksana Szulhan appointed directors.

Surface work, including linecutting and trenching has been completed at the Veneuil Twp. gold property in northwestern Quebec, Beauchamps Exploration (VSE) reports. The company says a new zone 1.5 mil…

Toronto-based Morgain Minerals (VSE) has been granted an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Cuatro Hermanos property, a copper-molybdenum prospect southeast of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico. Unde…

Despite some startup delays, St. George Metals (VSE) recently began heap-leaching operations at its Dean underground gold mine in Nevada’s Battle Mountain district. The company is operating under a pi…

The 56% owned subsidiary of Amax (NYSE), Canada Tungsten Mining (TSE), has announced a writedown of its ammonium paratungstate plant at Fort Madison, Iowa. The long-term leasehold value of the plant h…

Another executive at American Barrick Resources (TSE) has profited on the gold producer’s financial performance. Senior Vice-President Kenneth Thomas more than doubled his money in October when he exe…