A pioneer of the Canadian mining industry, Viola MacMillan, has died in Toronto. She was 90. A prospector who headed the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) for 21 years until the …
VSE-listed Consolidated Cassandra Resources plans to spend US$5 million exploring its new land package in Bolivar state, Venezuela. The company is expected to change its name to Bolivar Goldfields to …
The first gold brick from the Astoria gold mine in northwestern Quebec was poured recently by Deak Resources (TSE). Ore from the Yorbeau project near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., is being trucked to Deak’s Vi…
By drilling on its gold project in Ivory Coast, Eden Roc Mineral (TSE) hopes to be able to confirm reserves and thereby triple production. Eden Roc has a 68% interest in Societe des Mines d’Afema, own…
Vancouver-listed Annabel Gold Mines (VSE) can earn a half interest in the Carissa property in Wyoming from Hol-Lac Gold Mines (CDN). The property consists of 12 patented lode claims and five patented …
Base metal markets remain seriously oversupplied and the situation is worsening. Inventories of metals, particularly on the London Metal Exchange, continue to climb relentlessly with new all-time inve…
Mining camps have evolved through the years from single-person tent camps to bunk-house dwellings, from small town sites to the “fly-in/fly-out” operations of today. All systems for sheltering crews p…
The editorial comments and letters to the editor published in the Aug. 16 issue of The Northern miner require a response. The editorial comments of “silence” failed to note that BHP and Dia Met have i…
Drilling is finally under way in the Humpy Lake region east of Lac de Gras, N.W.T. On Aug. 25, Pure Gold Resources (VSE) activated rigs on the Humpy No. 2 claim block, where the company will drill-tes…
For a nominal cash consideration and a commitment to cover eventual reclamation liabilities estimated at about $1.3 million, Richmont Mines (ME) now has its own gold mill. It is the old 1,400-ton-per-…
At the Dome gold mine near Timmins, Ont., a feasibility study is in the works to determine the economics of expanding the open pit. It should be completed in the fourth quarter. Also under considerati…
Another quiet week for gold bullion prices — the spot price hovered for most of the week at about US$371 per oz. — was also reflected in a flat Toronto Stock Exchange gold and silver index. It ended…
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