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Silver Standard — David Johnston appointed director.SouthernEra — Frank van de Water appointed vp and chief financial officer.

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Johannesburg-based Metorex has begun constructing Chibuluma South, a copper producer and Zambia’s first new mining development in 30 years.Chibuluma South is 12 km from Chibuluma West, which has been …

Hoping to extend its operations beyond northern Ontario and into Romania, Exall Resources (EXL-T) has begun a due diligence review of the producing Barza Brad gold mine.Exall can earn an 80% interest …

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The future of Canada’s two leading nickel producers appears to be waiting on a South Sea island, where the red carpet is being rolled out by government officials and aboriginal groups anxious to make …

Two drill holes that tested the downdip extension of the Wolverine massive-sulphide deposit, on the newly acquired WOL property in the Finlayson district of the Yukon, have returned mixed results for …

A workshop organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Council on Metals and the Environment has laid the groundwork for an international code of practice for th…

This month marks the 25th anniversary of amethyst, Ontario’s official mineral.It was on July 8, 1975, that the Mineral Emblem Act received royal assent, and, according to Tim Hudak, the province’s cur…