The two men stealthily filled the hole and pulled their crude plank table over the spot. Then they shuffled about on the tent’s earthen floor in an attempt to wipe out all evidence of their midnight e…
By spending $500,000 on exploration and development at the Pend Oreille lead-zinc project in Washington within the year, Minnova (TSE) will be granted the exclusive option to acquire Kerr Addison Mine…
A stagnant gold price and a dearth of new discoveries continue to inhibit the flow of exploration capital into the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resou…
Compared with 1981, Canada’s reserves of copper, nickel, zinc and silver in 1991 were down by about one-third. They dropped by almost 40% for lead and were off by 65% for molybdenum. Although reserves…
A subsidiary of Toronto-based Caledonia Mining (TSE) has signed a letter of intent to purchase a 97% interest in Kamenolomy Strkopleskovne (KS), a Czechoslovakian industrial minerals mining company. C…
Despite the recession and weak commodity prices, Toronto-based nickel refiner and fertilizer producer Sherritt Gordon (TSE) stemmed the flow of red ink in 1991 to report a profit. For the year ended D…
Chet Idziszek has spent much of this year dropping exploration projects in northwestern British Columbia, the latest being the Spectrum gold property in the north Iskut area of British Columbia. Idzis…
Toronto-based Timmins Nickel (TSE) recently reported some encouraging new developments at its Langmuir nickel project near Timmins, Ont., and at the Shaw Dome gold mine in British Columbia. Timmins Ni…
Several months have passed since 81 small diamonds were discovered in a kimberlite pipe 200 miles northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T. In the meantime, more than 5,000 square miles have been staked in the…
Mining always has been considered risky and subject to cyclicality. The traditional categories of risk — price, technical and political — are familiar and reasonably well understood. It is the task …
A 200-ton sample collected from the diamondiferous kimberlite near Lac de Gras, N.W.T., is on its way to Dia Met Minerals’ (VSE) diamond recovery plant near Ft. Collins, Colo. Dia Met and partner BHP-…
Uranium and Nuclear Energy 1991, proceedings of the 16th International Symposium held by the Uranium Institute. 12/F. Bowater House, 68 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LT, United Kingdom. Last year, 400 d…
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