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NEWS ROUNDUP — Gowest active in Timmins area

Alberta-listed Gowest Amalgamated Resources reports that four holes drilled to test geophysical anomalies on the Murphy Twp. property near Timmins, Ont., failed to intersect economic mineralization. A…


Santa Fe hikes quarterly output

First-quarter earnings for Santa Fe Pacific Gold (NYSE), while strong, are down slightly from a year ago.Net income was US$12.3 million (or 9 cents per share), just off from US$13.4 million (or 12 cen…


Rio, North bid for Musto

Shareholders of International Musto Explorations (TSE) are considering a new takeover offer.Copper producer Rio Algom (TSE) of Toronto and Australian resources company North Ltd. have joined forces an…


GAC/MAC meeting draws earth scientists to Victoria

More than 1,000 earth scientists from around the world are coming to the University of Victoria in Victoria, B.C., for the May 17-19 annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) and th…



McLeese Lake to Gibraltar’s liking

First-quarter copper production from the McLeese Lake open-pit mine of Gibraltar Mines (TSE) in central British Columbia totaled 15.3 million lb. at a cash cost of US88 cents per lb.The mine, which re…


Hemlo expects growth from project portfolio

First-quarter production from Hemlo Gold’s (TSE) two Canadian gold producers was higher than anticipated, and overall production is expected to expand further.Hemlo’s wholly owned Golden Giant mine ne…


COMMENTARY — Supplying the mining industry

The managing director of the Canadian Association for Mining Equipment and Services for Export, Jon Baird, has written this column at the invitation of “Keep Mining In Canada,” a national grassroots c…


EDITORIAL PAGE — Knocking at the back door

Government involvement in mining ventures is, for the most part, a thing of the past. Both federal and provincial governments are in deficit-fighting modes, and investment in the private sector is cle…


Voisey Bay area attracts juniors

Two concessions east of Schefferville, Que., and about 85 miles southwest of the Voisey Bay nickel-copper-cobalt discovery in neighboring Labrador will be explored by New Golden Sceptre Minerals (VSE)…


Index (May 01, 1995)

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