After losing money for the second year in a row and seeing drops in its production levels for 1996, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) is hoping its newest copper and gold projects will improve its fortunes in the …
Exploration by Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has doubled the gold resource at El Peon, a property in northern Chile.Last year, the company spent US$6 million exploring the property in a program that included …
By acquiring two Swedish mining companies, South Atlantic Resources (SCQ-V) has added 14 gold, silver and base metal properties to its portfolio of mineral assets.Svenska Milo-och Mineral and Vasterno…
Having raised $7.6 million through a public offering of special warrants, Minco Mining & Metals (MMM-V) is proceeding with exploration of its gold and copper projects in China.Under an arrangement rea…
Partners Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) and Global-Pacific Minerals (CPJ-V) plan to form a joint-venture with the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources of Heilongjiang province to explore four areas in…
Vancouver-based Norcal Resources (NLR-V) and Gold Giant Minerals (GNR-V) have staked more than 1,300 contiguous claims in a newly discovered volcano-sedimentary belt near Val d’Or, Que.Dubbed the Norg…
A 12-hole program totalling 10,000 ft. is testing the Troutfly Lake properties, two groups of non-contiguous claims acquired by Corona Gold (CRG-T) northeast of Dryden, Ont.The company acquired the 25…
Having paid registration fees and deposits totalling US$1.6 million to the Indonesian government, First Dynasty Mines (FDM-T) is now awaiting exploration rights to about 208,000 ha on the islands of K…
In the mid-1980s, the Kidd Creek zinc-copper mine in Timmins, Ont., began a blast-monitoring program in conjunction with Canadian Industries Limited (CIL) and Porcupine Powder.I was the Kidd Creek rep…
Ian Bayer appointed chief executive officer and Karl Elers appointed non-executive chairman.
The state of Africa’s mining industry will be addressed at the next luncheon meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum, to be held at 12 noon on March 12 at Constitution Hall…
Refined copper and refined lead were the only Canadian-produced non-ferrous commodities that did not experience a decrease in production between December 1995 and December 1996.The production of nonme…
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