Notwithstanding a few notable exceptions, most self-described environmentalists are woefully ignorant of science. In fact, some are openly contemptuous of the discipline, which they blame for causing …
Canadian production of copper, nickel, lead, gold and silver increased between June 1997 and June 1998. However, output of non-ferrous commodities iron ore and asbestos was down over the same period.T…
Your editorial and article implicating geostatistics in recent mine failures has it all wrong (“Challenging geostatistics” and “Recent History reveals trends in mine failures,” T.N.M., Sept. 28-Oct. 4…
German investor August von Finck has increased his ownership in Homestake Mining (HM-N) by purchasing 8.7 million shares at US$10.21-11.21 per share.The acquisition boosts von Finck’s holdings to 30 m…
I am seeking assistance in locating a very small mining company that operated in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Alberta in the mid-to-late 1960s. My father passed away in 1968, but ju…
Aber ResourcesAfrican GemstonesAlberta EnergyAllican ResourcesAmerican CopperAmeridex MineralsApex Silver MinesArchangel DiamondAriel ResourcesAsarcoAshton Mining of CanadaAsia SapphiresAt…
Commodity prices may be down, but encouraging exploration results are giving cheer to several juniors exploring in the Timmins region of northern Ontario.At the Half Moon Lake project, Prospectors All…
Preliminary exploration by Golden Hart Exploration (GHXX-C) has uncovered polymetallic showings in iron formation at the Whitehills Lake property in the Northwest Territories.Two of five grab samples …
Sedementary exhalative deposits grade between 4% and 30% combined lead and zinc, with tonnages of up to 200 million tonnes. The giant deposits at Sullivan, in British Columbia, contained 170 million t…
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As mining winds down at Detour Lake, 200 km north of Timmins, Ont., Pelangio-Larder Mines (PLLM-C) has moved to assemble the dominant land position in the area by buying up the Placer Dome (PDG-T) pro…
The notion, expressed by Kipling, that East is East and West is West is being increasingly challenged in today’s global economy. Indeed, the twain appear not only to be meeting but forming business de…
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