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A new collective agreement covering operations at the Gibraltar open-pit copper mine near McLeese Lake, B.C., has been signed by Gibraltar Mines (TSE) and Local 3018 of the Canadian Auto Workers Union…

Drilling at the Damoti Lake project, 150 km north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., has returned a 10-metre intersection grading 16.26 grams gold per tonne in Hole D-5. Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) is earning…

Two holes drilled by Stroud Resources on its Hislop gold property near Timmins, Ont., have encountered additional mineralization in the Creek zone. Hole 251 encountered 0.12 oz. gold per ton over 6.2 …

High-grade gold assays from the Nixon Fork property in west-central Alaska have been confirmed by an umpire. Property-owner Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE) released results in early September for…

Jeffrey Grade appointed director.

Desmond Kearns appointed president and chief operating officer.

Patricia Sheahan appointed director and president; Robin Baxter-Brown appointed chairman; Anthony Hamilton appointed vice-president, finance.

Claude Taillefer appointed director, president and chief executive officer; Edward Blanchard appointed independent director.

Keith Belingheri appointed vice-president, engineering; Gaylyn Spriggs appointed director, government affairs.

Terry Fagg appointed general manager; Glenn Holley appointed mine superintendent.

As the federal election heats up, Canadians whose livelihoods are tied to mining should ask their riding candidates what they intend to do — if anything — to keep the industry in Canada. That is the…

The Women’s Association of the Mining Industry has announced the winners of the raffle held at the group’s “Out-of-Africa” fall fair near Toronto. * First prize: a trip for two to South Africa. Winner…