A $100-million bond offering is being planned by the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, a provincial Crown corporation and the largest potash producer in the world. The offering, limited to residents…
Several gem quality diamonds have been discovered at the American Diamond Mine property in Arkansas, Continental Precious Minerals (ME) reports. Largest of the diamonds uncovered is 0.7 of a carat. Th…
Hillsborough Resources (TSE) has signed a letter of intent giving it the right to earn a 50% interest in the Corner Bay copper deposit near Chibougamau, Que. Owned by Corner Bay Explorations, a privat…
Drilling high grade is becoming commonplace near Carlin, Nev. Newmont Gold (NYSE), the largest operator in the area, has come up with another hot hole of 167 ft grading 1.12 oz gold per ton in the Dee…
The Eskay Creek project in northwestern British Columbia may turn out to have base metal potential as well as being a major gold deposit, a director of Stikine Resources (VSE) said in Toronto. “It’s s…
In recent years, geologists have learned some hard lessons about gold exploration in Nova Scotia’s Meguma Group. However, mining professionals who spoke at a recent Atlantic Geoscience Society meeting…
Scotia Prime Minerals (ASE) has acquired a private company holding a portfolio of mineral properties in Nova Scotia. Prior to the acquisition, the private company was a 79%-owned affiliate of Scotia P…
Headings such as Bronze Age and Iron Age that measure our progress in civilization do not begin to convey the adrenalin rush that spurred our ancestors to seek out metals in the ground or to attempt t…
Several junior gold issues posted modest gains on COATS this week. Up by 35 cents were the shares of Patrick Sheridan’s Dayton Porcupine Gold Mines. The company’s Ross mine east of Timmins, Ont., is …
Although the Con Mine at Yellowknife has always had a rather lowkey billing because of limited direct public participation, it ranks senior operating status, having turned out over three million oz of…
FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Oct 3 Oct 2 Sept 29 Sept 28 Sept 27 Copper 179…
Inco Ltd. (TSE) of Toronto is among 15 successful Canadian exporters that have been named winners of the 1989 Export Award. The awards, presented annually by External Affairs and International Trade C…
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