Selling off its Canadian oil and gas interests will allow Corona (TSE) to place more emphasis on its gold-mining activities and help the company to reduce its debt. President Peter Steen, meeting in T…
In 1989-90, research was one of the Quebec Mining Association’s three priorities. The main problems consist in the need to transform narrow-vein exploration technology so as to considerably increase t…
Irish mining firm Ennex International says a 17-hole drill program is under way on its Rathdowney base metal properties in the midlands Ireland. Northgate Exploration (TSE) holds a 35% indirect intere…
Considered one of the most promising new mines in Canada, the Golden Patricia mine, 45 miles west of Pickle Lake in Northwestern Ontario, is about to enter a new era of development and expansion. Don …
A case in point would have to be American Barrick Resources, one of today’s true giants of the Canadian mining industry. Barrick’s shares now trade on the Toronto, Montreal and New York stock exchange…
The mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto will take centre stage in January when the mineralogy department presents its Cocktails with Curators IV. Curator Fred Wicks and his staff…
The Langmuir No. 1 deposit of Timmins Nickel (TSE) should be in full production by mid-November, The Northern Miner learned during a visit to the project, 14 miles south of here. The company is curren…
Neither fear of a Mid-East war nor a sharp increase in the price of crude oil could engender much enthusiasm for gold stocks on The Toronto Stock Exchange during the week ended Oct. 9. But, in the cur…
Thunder Bay, Ont., has played a direct part, as has all of Northern Ontario, in the mining community. In many respects, northern Ontario, as well as northern Quebec, have been the seminal geographic f…
The balance of wollastonite supply is shifting as China increases output and new producers emerge, says a new report from Roskill Information Services. When China’s largest wollastonite deposit, recen…
A jump of US$10 per oz. in the price of gold over the past week in concert with Saddam Hussein’s threats to use long-range missiles on Israel have done little to renew confidence in the Vancouver mark…
International Rex Ventures Inc. (IRV:VSE) has changed its name to Prosperex Minerals Corp. (PSX:VSE) on a 1-new-for- 2-old-share basis. Montreal Trust is the transfer agent.
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