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FOREIGNERS PROMINENT AT KIRKLAND STRIKE The strike at Kirkland Lake is now in its seventh week. The financial assistance which was to have come in from sympathetic unionists has proven scanty. One pow…

In the midst of the Great Depression, 60 years ago, a group of prospectors passed round a hat at the inaugural meeting of what is today the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. They colle…

Dates: March 29 – April 1 Place: Royal York Hotel, Toronto Acme Analytical Labs Ltd. 225 Activation Laboratories Ltd. 58 Aerodat Limited 31 Aerodat Limited 32 Alberta Geological Survey 266 Barringer L…

Demand for nickel in the Western World was flat which, in combination with increased production and higher exports from Russia, resulted in weak prices. Spot nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange…

Because of generally low exploration activity, the past year appears to have been an even poorer one than 1990 for the geophysical industry in Canada. A number of Canadian companies have noted that mo…

(SEE PRINT COPY OR MICROFILM FOR DETAIL) COMPANY AIRCRAFT Fixed Wing = FW Helicopter = H (Positioning) AEROMAGNETIC T=Total Field, G=Gradient L,TT,V=Longitudinal, Transverse & Vertical AIRBORNE ELECTR…

Grades at the Anuiri deposit in Ivory Coast are turning out to be much higher than expected, says Eden Roc Mineral (ASE), which will pour its first gold from the mine by the end of the year. Average g…

Plans for at least 10 new copper smelters worldwide are under consideration, reports the U.S. Bureau of Mines. But although big copper producers like Chile are expected to proceed with construction, C…

Despite a generally “grinchy” outlook as the year draws to a close, both the resource and composite indices managed to post small rebounds during our report period ended Dec. 23. The resource index ad…

Southern England, hardly a hotbed of mineral exploration, has recently stirred the interest of the British Geological Survey’s (BGS) minerals group. After students submitted gold-bearing soil samples …

The contract price for metallurgical coal exports to Japan from the two mining operations owned by Westar Mining (TSE) in southeastern British Columbia has been cut by US50 cents per tonne. The price …

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $359.40 + $1.90 Silver* $ 3.90 + $0.01 Platinum*$339.85 – $8.90 Nickel** $ 3.25 + $0.01 Lead** $ 0.25 + $0.01 Copper $ 0.98 $0.00 Zinc $ 0.53 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiab…