Preliminary data show that the value of mineral shipments from Quebec mines rose slightly in 1997, to roughly $3.5 billion.Exploration and development expenses were also up by 4.4% last year, to $155 …
Montreal-based Alcan Aluminium will construct a 375,000-tonne aluminum smelter in Alma, Que.The facility will replace the Isle-Maligne smelter, also in Alma, which has an annual production capacity of…
Inmet Mining (IMN-T) is initiating legal proceedings in British Columbia against Homestake Canada and Prime Resources Group (PRU-T) after the two companies backed out of their proposed US$110-million …
Warwick Grigor elected director.
Clarence Williams Cole elected director.
The third hole of a delineation drilling program on the past-producing Crown kimberlite pipe in South Africa has intersected more than 467 metres of potentially higher-grade, hypabyssal-phase kimberli…
Greystar Resources (GSL-V) is continuing an aggressive in-fill drilling program at its wholly owned Angostura Gold Project in northeastern Colombia.The Vancouver-based junior released the first drill …
Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) is expanding its search for kimberlite pipes in Finland by entering into a joint venture with Australia-based Ashton Mining.The two companies feel that the integration of thei…
Saskatchewan’s largest gold producer, Claude Resources (CRJ-T), is acquiring fellow narrow-vein miner Madsen Gold (MGF-T), owner of the reopened Madsen gold mine in Ontario’s Red Lake camp.Claude is a…
Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) has released the final assay results from 42 holes drilled on its 90%-owned Tabakoto gold project in Mali.The holes are part of the company’s 1997 in-fill drilling program, de…
The mining sector of the Ontario Natural Resources Safety Association (ONRSA) will use the occasion of its annual conference to showcase its transformation into the Mines and Aggregates Safety and Hea…
Diavik Diamond Mines has signed a co-operation accord with the four chiefs of the Dogrib Nation in Yellowknife, N.W.T.Diavik is proposing to develop a diamond mine with its partner, Aber Resources, at…
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