For decades now, companies have drilled holes, often to great depths, into the Aldridge formation near Cranbrook, B.C., in the search for a major massive sulphide deposit. The most recent effort was u…
Inco Gold, a wholly-owned affiliate of Inco Ltd. (TSE), has recommended a 5,000-m drill program for the Vault project shared with Seven Mile High Resources (VSE). Located in British Columbia, the Vaul…
Volumes have started to creep back over the 20-million share mark and tagging along have been prices. Today’s 14.4-pt advance in the composite index moved the index to 3,310.29 pts on volume of 21.5 m…
A slight pickup in metals and minerals helped to keep Scotiabank’s all-commodity price index from falling by more than 2% in August, the bank reports. Higher prices for aluminum, potash and sulphur du…
Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) has agreed to participate in an exploration program in Papua New Guinea. Over the next six months, Eastmaque will spend $190,000 on the project. For the year ended June 30, …
Ethical investment funds do not hold shares in New York-based Inspiration Resources (TSE), which this week traded in Toronto at about $8. The reason: an indirect connection to two South African mining…
A drill program is under way on the McNeil property held equally by Greenstone Resources (TSE) and Dragoon Resources (VSE). Located in the Kootenay area of the province, the McNeil property has geolog…
A 2-day workshop sponsored by the Canadian Continental drilling program and the Geological Survey of Canada will be held on Nov 23 – 24, in Building 3, Observatory Crescent, Ottawa, to stimulate discu…
PACOAL 89 tackles the future of the inter-relationship between power generators and coal with its theme “Electricity and Coal demand in the Asia-Pac ific.” The 4-day conference (in English) will be h…
He arrived on the northern Ontario mining scene during the first part of this century more or less unannounced, and in the next few years was reported to have made himself a pile of money. His name, h…
Hectic over-the-counter trading in a non-mining issue startled the COATS market this week, with Air Canada’s costly $12 million public debut shaking the lethargy. Floated at $8 a share with a nudge fr…
A review of exploration programs at the Hirst- Chichagof and Chichagof mine properties in Alaska has led to a decision by Golden Sitka Resources (VSE) to suspend further work at its Chichagof project …
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