Eight inducted in Hall of Fame
The National Mining Hall of Fame will honor eight leaders in the American mining industry at its eighth annual banquet.Of the eight inductees, three are still living: Dr. Frederick Hauck (age 101), Si…
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TVX gains two Russian gold-silver deposits
Toronto-listed TVX Gold is attempting to diversify beyond Latin American gold production.In March, the company bought Greek-based Kassandra Mines for US$47 million, and, only last week, it acquired a …
YGC finds new zone at Ketza River
Exploration work at the Ketza River project in the Yukon has led to the identification of a new oxide zone between two previously mined-out orebodies.Property owner YGC Resources (VSE) is in the midst…
Drill results expand Cerro San Pedro play
Results from five reverse-circulation drill holes at the Cerro San Pedro gold-silver deposit are providing encouragement to Metallica Resources (TSE).The best hole drilled on the property, which is ne…
New find near Kori Kollo
Drilling has revealed significant gold mineralization at Llallagua, a few kilometres from the Kori Kollo gold mine in Bolivia.Both projects are owned by Battle Mountain Gold (NYSE).Estimates for the L…
Pacific Rim strikes deal with Barrick
Barrick Gold (TSE) will buy up to 70% of Pacific Rim Mining’s (VSE) wholly owned Argentine subsidiary, setting the stage for expansion of the Diablillos gold-silver property.An aggressive program cons…
New board for New Brunswick Mining Association
John Martin, mine manager at Health Steele Mines, was recently named the new president of the New Brunswick Mining Association (NBMA).Martin says the province’s mining industry enjoyed generally posit…
EDITORIAL PAGE — The New Age, Sensitive Miner
The great mining men of yesteryear would be surprised, indeed shocked, by the modern-day complexities involved in bringing a mine into production.It is no longer sufficient simply to be concerned with…
Ontario to reform WCB
The newly elected government of Michael Harris has outlined the initial steps it will take to turn around Ontario’s workers’ compensation program.Labor Minister Elizabeth Witmer says the government in…
New Horizons — The wasteless mine
Mine waste is gaining great importance in mine management. The need to protect the environment, combined with increasingly strict environmental legislation, calls for efficient waste management method…
Diamond News Roundup — United Reef mining Bamingui River diamonds
Diamond recovery is proceeding on schedule at United Reef’s (TSE) new plant in the Central African Republic.The plant began processing diamond-bearing gravels from the Bamingui River in June, during w…