Exploration, development and production spending in Alaska topped $1.2 billion in 1997, up from $1 billion in 1996, according to figures released by the Department of Natural Resources.The report, ent…
Viceroy Resource (VOY-T) has begun drilling at the Gualcamayo project in the western Argentine province of San Juan.The Vancouver-based producer has three drill rigs on the Quebrada del Diablo prospec…
Results of a feasibility study commissioned by Goldcorp (G-T) show that the new high-grade zones at the Red Lake mine in Balmertown, Ont., could be mined at cash costs of below US$100 per oz.The high-…
Market anxiety continued to reign during the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 report period as the economic crisis gripping Asia and Russia threatened to take hold in Latin America. The Group of Seven most-industriali…
Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) and Euro-Nevada Mining (EN-T) have tightened their grip on the Midas district in northern Nevada by acquiring the properties of Romarco Minerals (R-T) in a stock deal value…
The regional government of Magadan in northeastern Russia has budgeted $14 million for the exploration of new gold deposits in 1999.The government intends to spend $11.4 million in the search for hard…
Jim Whyte’s recent article (“Recent history reveals trends in mine failures”, T.N.M., Sept. 28-Oct. 4/98) was an interesting read, even more so when I came across my name and quotes from a 1991 articl…
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index lost 7.38 points, or 1.85%, over the week ended Oct. 6 to close at 392.61. The mining index managed to tack on 3.36 points, or 1.2%, to round out our tradi…
Drilling at the past-producing Lom gold-antimony project in Slovakia has confirmed mineralization for Golden Regent Resources (GRR-A) and its partner, LBN Syndicate of Australia.The first two core hol…
John Huguet appointed chairman, president and director; Nick DeMare appointed corporate secretary; Gregory Chorny, Al Jamal, John Maclean and Robin Slaughter appointed directors.
Atna Resources’ (ATN-T) court date with Boliden (BOL-T), originally scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25, has been postponed to Nov. 25 and 26.Earlier this summer, the British Columbia Supreme Court granted …
The discovery hole into the recent kimberlite find at the Jericho project in the Northwest Territories pulled 92.5 metres of kimberlite from the land-based Contwoyto-1 target between a downhole depth …
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