The battle has barely begun, but a recent study by AME Mineral Economics shows that sulphide nickel producers are dominating the lower half of the production cost curve, besting the performance of the…
A 4-hole drill program by Western Copper Holdings (WTC-T) has cut both “massive-sulphide-style” and “vein-style” silver-lead-zinc mineralization at the San Jeronimo project in central Mexico.Hole 3 te…
The new year is proving to be a busy one for Minera Andes (MAI-V), as it prepares to launch not one but two drilling programs at its Cerro Saavedra silver-gold property in the Patagonia region of sout…
Junior Mustang Minerals (MMIN-C) has sunk another eight holes at its East Bull Lake platinum group metals property, 80 km west of Sudbury, Ont.This brings to 16 the number of holes drilled to date, wi…
The mining industry has been a whipping boy for environmentalists and anti-mining organizations for the past decade, but a recent column titled “They get the gold, we get the shaft,” in The National P…
A few decades ago, I was summoned to the manager’s office of the German company for which I was working and told to stake a large property north of Saint John, N.B. “Be very diplomatic on this project…
Gold Canyon — Dr. Wayne Ewert, appointed geological advisor.Nord Pacific — John Griffith, Jr., appointed acting CFO.Foran — Gorden Glenn appointed president, CEO and director.
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$288.75+$6.50Silver$ 5.10-$0.05…
The big story over the Jan. 12-18 report period was the launch by Aur Resources of a hostile takeover bid for Cambior, the Montreal-based gold miner that was crippled last autumn by its own hedging pr…
60.97 (-2.67)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The federal government will contribute $200,000 for the building of a portable theatre to educate the public about mining in Canada.Billed as the Great Canadian Mine Show, the theatre will be housed i…
Nevada and Quebec are the most attractive places to explore for minerals in the world, according to a study by the Fraser Institute.The Vancouver-based research group based its findings on mineral pot…
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