A multi-use work permit introduced in Ontario some 12 months ago is causing much consternation within the mineral industry. The permit, created under Bill 137 (an Act to Amend the Public Lands Act), g…
Both processes eliminate toxic gas emissions, convert sulphur as well as arsenic into more stable compounds and discharge them into tailings ponds on site. While autoclaving is generally more expensiv…
The remaining holes from a 38-hole drilling program on the Illinois Creek project in the western interior of Alaska have returned wide intersections of gold-silver mineralization. The drilling program…
Recent drilling by Total Energold (TSE) on Northway Explorations’ (TSE) Noyon Twp. gold claims in northwestern Quebec has expanded the potential of the property’s RJ zone. Hole 102, which probed a wes…
Officials at Northgate Exploration (TSE) and MinVen Gold (TSE) breathed a sign of relief when anti-mining initiatives in California and South Dakota were defeated recently. In Nov. 6 state elections, …
Marshall Minerals (ASE) in Niagara Falls, Ont., has hung the “for sale” sign on its Restigouche lead-zinc-copper deposit in New Brunswick. Having already approached a number of potential buyers includ…
The third-quarter income of BP Canada (TSE) got a boost from higher oil prices and the sale of its 30% stake in the Mt. Milligan copper-gold joint venture in British Columbia. BP’s net income for the …
A letter of intent may lead to an agreement between Alta Gold (NASDAQ) and Magma Copper (AMEX) for the purchase of the Robinson mining district from Kennecott. The district is a package of land encomp…
The Ivanhoe gold project sits at the northern end of the Carlin trend, a block of Nevada wilderness now famous in mining circles around the world. The trend is host to such large producers as Newmont …
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date October 30 October 29 October 26 October 25 October 24 Copper 1348-1350 1356-1358 14…
Although lacking one essential ingredient — financing — Dingman Industries (ASE) is proceeding with plans to treat arsenic-rich gold concentrates produced in the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. Based…
Drills probing a geophysical anomaly on NovaGold Resources’ (TSE) Sewell Brook property near Plaster Rock, N.B., continue to intersect a high-grade lens of zinc- lead-copper mineralization. Hole 10, d…
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