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A drill program with two machines is under way at Tandem Resources’ Moss Lake project, about 70 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont., says President Stanley G. Hawkins. The drill program is from the ice of…

Despite recent weakness in the zinc market, the next few years should witness not only a firming in the zinc price but also a decline in smelting charges and consequent disproportionate increase in th…

Shaft sinking to a depth of 232 m has been completed at the Mobrun project located near Rouyn, Que., shared equally by partners Audrey Resources and Corporation Falconbridge Copper. Exploration drifts…

With the acquisition of the controlling block of shares in Fleck Resources whose principle asset is the 34-million-ton platinum group metals deposit in Marathon, Ont., Toronto-listed Laurasia Resource…

Drilling is under way on Alberta- listed Homer Gold Mines’ 100%- owned Tashota property north of Geraldton, Ont., reports President K. Sethu Raman. The first drill hole tested anomaly No 16 with a kno…

Just when investors thought trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange had gone about as high as it could judging by the hair-curling action in January, along come the preliminary figures from February to …

It’s been another record-breaking week on Vancouver. Trading volume has reached levels last seen when gold was twice the price it is today, suggesting perhaps the market is anticipating an uptick. In …

Lacana Mining looks to be moving rapidly into the major leagues amongst gold producers in Canada. For starters, the company has concluded a $150 million deal with Royex Gold Mining Corp., which will g…

With an application made for listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Chesbar Resources is making progress on both the financial and exploration fronts. The company, which now trades on the Montreal Exc…

“Low inflation and high real interest rates are not the stuff commodity price increases are made of,” Anthony Bird, an independent economic consultant, told members of a gold conference in London, Eng…

The keynote address here at the 8th Annual Operators Conference was not vintage William James. His banquet address before a record 300 mine operators and an equal number of suppliers at the Collins Ce…

Seaway Base Metals, which had its “cease and desist” order lifted by the Ontario Securities Commission, began trading Monday and closed the week at 40-45 cents on a volume of 61,100 shares. National …