On paper, it sounds like a great idea. You combine the assets of three exploration companies with holdings in an established northern Ontario mining camp. You acquire an aging gold mine and 4,500 ton-…
Mines and energy ministers from across Canada will meet in Halifax, Sept. 22-27, for the 48th annual Mines Ministers’ Conference. “We’re expecting about 200 delegates, including the ministers themselv…
Trading heavily, Dunfrazier Gold Explorations picked up 10 cents to close at 65 cents during the week ended Sept. 17 as the company concluded a merger deal with Interlock Steel. Interlock, a manufactu…
Recent drilling on the Big Onion property near Smithers, B.C., intersected a near-surface enriched copper zone, Varitech Resources (VSE) reported. The company said holes BO-91-1 to 4 of the 1991 phase…
The appointment of a lead banker and syndication manager brings Bema Gold (TSE) one step closer to arranging financing for its 50% owned Refugio gold project in Chile. Sharps Pixley, the bullion tradi…
QPA delegates look to future The Quebec Prospectors Association (QPA) attracted about 440 delegates to Rouyn-Noranda, Que., this year to its annual convention, theme of which was “Exploring to secure …
Equal partners Uranerz Exploration and Mining and Cameco (TSE) have recovered 160 diamonds from kimberlites on their Fort a la Corne prospect east of Prince Albert, Sask. Although the average weight o…
A summer visit to the Bousquet No. 2 gold-copper mine of LAC Minerals (TSE) 25 miles west of Malartic, Que., helped securities firm Midland Walwyn in deciding to issue a “buy” recommendation for the l…
Gold values were encountered in five holes drilled this summer at the Duquesne West property in Duparquet Twp., Que., Globex Mining Enterprises (ME) reported. The most significant intersection, the ju…
Former rivals International Corona (TSE) and Placer Dome (TSE) have reached an agreement for the joint development of the Eskay Creek gold project north of Stewart, B.C., with a view to bringing the p…
Gold offered little help to the market during the week ended Sept. 17. Sentiment for the yellow metal remained decidedly negative with many pundits calling for further weakness from the US$345-per-oz….
Falconbridge says it expects to lose about 3,500 tonnes of cathode production at its Kidd Creek copper smelter in Timmins, Ont., after a leak was detected in the converting furnace, Sept. 16. Approxim…
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