Western markets remained quiet over the report period ended Aug. 26. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index finished the period unchanged at 833.6, while the mining index edged up 2.95 points, o…
Diamond drilling is under way at the South Voisey’s Bay project of Donner Resources (drz-v).The 8,000-metre program is being managed by Teck (tek-t), which can earn a half interest in the project. The…
Ore from the Edwards gold mine near Dubreilville, Ont. — one of the richest deposits in Canada — is being processed commercially for the first time.Mine owner VenCan Gold (VCG-M) reports that the fi…
Major General Resources (MGJ-V) is set to begin drilling on the Olympic copper property, situated north of Dawson City, Y.T.The program will test a series of chargeability zones hosted in an iron-rich…
.BREVIEWED BY STUART McDOUGALLThe Gold Explorer’s Handbook, By James Regan, 25Available from Rosendale Press, London, EnglandThe Gold Explorer’s Handbook is a straightforward and down-to-earth introdu…
The government of Ontario has drafted a series of amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act aimed at shifting the cost and responsibility of mine safety to producers.The 55 amendments inclu…
A buoyant zinc market has induced Cominco (CLT-T) to consider reopening the Sa Dena Hes zinc-lead mine, 45 km north of Watson Lake in southeastern Yukon.The mine was closed in December 1992 as a resul…
Dee Parkinson-Marcoux appointed director.
Thanks to higher copper and zinc prices, as well as drops in both cash costs and exploration expenditures, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) was able to post a profit for the second quarter.For the three months en…
Buoyed by recent drill results, Treminco Resources (TMO-T) is planning a further 1,000-metre drill program at its Sito property, 40 km north of Yellowknife, N.W.T.Drilling this summer tested a structu…
Increased capacity at the Omai gold mine in Guyana and improved prices for zinc in the first half of 1997 combined to increase net earnings at Cambior (CJB-T) to US$3.3 million, compared with US$2.1 m…
Drilling by Fortune Minerals (FORM-C) has expanded known mineralization at the Nico property, 170 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T.The new drilling, in the south-central part of the property’s Bowl …
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