As a member of the Space Studies Institute (but not an official spokesperson), I was interested to see the editorial regarding lunar mining (N.M., Mar 20/89). May I comment? It is true that as a post …
A follow-up drill program is planned by American Platinum (VSE) on the company’s Angle Bay platinum group metals (PGM) project, near Lac des Iles, Ont. The four-to-five-hole program, expected to begin…
The annual report on Arizona’s copper industry covering the year 1987 is now available. Special Report No 14, The Primary Copper Industry of Arizona in 1987 covers production, stripping ratios, ore gr…
A major exploration program at the Rambler joint venture property on Newfoundland’s Baie Verte Peninsula is nearly 75% complete, report partners Petromet Resources (TSE) and Newfoundland Exploration (…
Look for high prices for zinc to hold up at least for a while longer, say a couple of analysts. Raymond Goldie of the investment firm Richardson Greenshields says the short-term outlook for zinc, whic…
Five provinces may have thought the 5-year Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) they signed with the federal government in 1984 expired at the end of March, but in reality the agreements have a sixth y…
A more aggressive SOQUEM (Societe quebecoise d’exploration miniere) may be about to make a return to the Abitibi region, or northwest, of Quebec in search of base metals. The president of SOQUEM, Dr A…
When Brunswick’s No. 12 mine Wcame into production at a rate of 4,500 tonnes per day in 1964, a mine life of about 25 years was forecast. Today, 25 years later, mining at a rate of 10,500 tonnes per d…
Audrey Resources (TSE) and joint venture partner Minnova Inc. (TSE) are planning to announce a reserve update at their Mobrun polymetallic mine near Rouyn-Noranda, Que. Mine manager Jean Bailly refuse…
Even though Sonora Gold Corp. (TSE) recently announced a $50.6- million write-down in the carrying value of its Jamestown gold mine in California, the company remains optimistic about the future of th…
The cost of mining in Ontario is about to go up a notch, and some of the province’s small gold mines will likely suffer most. Unwilling to follow the example set by their base metal brothers by inve…
Nobody knows with certainty, but everybody is interested in the possibility. If war comes, what then? In the first instance, it would be recognized that such a war would not break on an unprepared wor…
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