Members of the mining exploration community received some indication here last week that the federal government is about to back down from its plan to weaken flow-through shares. Robert Jones, directo…
In our January issue we announced that Wagner Mining Equipment of Portland, Ore., is marketing an electrical-powered scoop equipped with a 1/2-cu-yd bucket and a diesel-powered scoop of the same size….
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $449.10 — $ 8.90 Silver (per oz) $ 6.37 — $ 0.10 Platinum (per oz) $518.50 — $16.50 Copper (per lb) $ 0.97 — $ 0.03…
Profit earned by Inco Ltd. (TSE) for the first quarter of this year is the largest such profit in the company’s history. Bolstered by the strongest nickel prices in the history of the industry, the co…
Calgary-based Tusk Minerals (ASE) has acquired an option to earn a 50% interest in a former producer called the Anglo-Rouyn and adjacent ground, the company said recently. Located about 35 km northeas…
The takeover battle for North American Metals appears to be over with U.S. gold producer Homestake Mining emerging as the victor. By midnight April 15, shareholders had tendered approximately 5.4 mill…
I read with great interest W. Babe Woollett’s April 11 “Odds ‘n’ Sods” article in The Northern Miner on the demise of Joe Siscoe. I knew Joe Siscoe and he was not a prospector. His brother, the late S…
It almost seemed too easy and there wasn’t even a White Knight around to come to the rescue. Delaware Resource Corp. (VSE) has, as expected, fallen prey to Prime Capital affiliate, Colossus Resources …
The future for Canadian uranium lies in the continued growth of nuclear-powered capacity and continued access to the U.S. market, according to the president of Rio Algom (TSE) of Toronto. R. W. Ballme…
The Geomechanics Research Centre at Laurentian University in Sudbury is intended as a cornerstone of a centre of excellence in mining in Ontario, says Dr Peter Kaiser in a report made to the universit…
Stope development at Skyline Explorations’ Johnny Mountain property in the Iskut River area north of Stewart, B.C., has encountered some very high grade gold values in the Discovery vein. Chip sampli…
Four new reports on asbestos have been released by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which two years ago proposed a ban on the mining and use of asbestos, which it cites as offering a hea…
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