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Henry Sydor has joined as a drilling and business consultant, based in Denver, Colo.

Alan Archer appointed director.

Brian Ferguson and Sylvain Hollander appointed directors.

An office has been opened in Santiago, Chile, and the following four appointments have been made: Renato Fernandez, senior geologist; George Ring, senior hydrogeologist; Carlos Saez, senior engineer; …

Toronto-listed Sherritt has offered 18.5 million common shares at $11 each, on a bought-deal basis. Proceeds of $194 million will be used partly for acquisitions. The company has entered discussions w…

Gold Funds as of March 2 BGR Central Net Value $16.74 $6.55 Price $13.75 $7.25 Premium 10.7% Discount 17.84% Value $135.9 million $118.7 million…

The grade of the geologically inferred reserves (T.N.M., Feb. 14/94) at the Sawyer gold project in North Carolina of Minefinders (VSE) is 0.05 oz. gold per ton.

Six major projects — Midwest, McClean Lake, Cluff Lake (Dominique-Janine), McArthur River, Cigar Lake and Eagle Point — are at various stages of development in Saskatchewan. The prairie province rem…

If one were to ask people on the street what they associate with the United Nations, the answer would probably be relief work in Somalia or peace-keeping in Bosnia, rather than mineral exploration in …

Gerald Carlson appointed director.

Major exploration efforts in Manitoba in 1993 remained directed at base metals, but new commodities, notably diamonds, continued to increase in importance on the exploration scene. The recent improvem…

Richard Osborne elected chairman; Allen Born elected vice-chairman; Douglas Yearley elected vice-chairman and chairman of the financial committee; David Eckert, J. Harvey, Werner Nennecker and Richard…