A settlement has been reached between Republic Goldfields (VSE) and Yorbeau Resources (TSE) in a legal dispute over the Ellison gold property in Bousquet Twp., northwestern Quebec. Republic will acqui…
Although it has been trading at all-time lows in real dollar terms, lead could be poised for a turnaround, reports Metals Economics Group of Halifax, N.S. “The concentrate market is in severe shortage…
The Ivan copper project in northern Chile is to enter production, Minera Rayrock (TSE) has announced. he junior expects start-up to commence by mid-1994 at about 22 million lb. copper cathode per year…
A lawsuit between Habsburg Resources (VSE) and Timmins Nickel has been settled, paving the way for production to resume at the Dome Mountain gold mine near Smithers, B.C. The settlement provides for H…
Drills are turning on the Meliadine River project on the west coast of Hudson Bay, about 12 miles northeast of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. Between 12 and 15 widely spaced reconnaissance holes are being drill…
The government of Papua New Guinea is thwarting an agreement allowing Venezuelan Goldfields (VSE) to acquire a 20% interest in the Lihir Island gold project (T.N.M., Aug. 16/93). Just days after annou…
The first phase (5,000 metres) of a planned 15,000-metre drill program was expected to be under way this month at the Brewery Creek property. Loki Gold (VSE) is now the operator following a previously…
A $15.1-million development program is under way at Zone 6 of the LaRonde mine, west of Val d’Or, Que. Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) expects the high-grade zone to be in production by mid-1995. Exploration…
Just weeks after buying the Dona Lake gold mine from Placer Dome (TSE) for $2 million, mining contractor Ross-Finlay has sold a 49% interest in the property to Societe Miniere Ecudor (ME) for $4 milli…
Drilling is under way on the Douay gold property in the Casa Berardi area of northwestern Quebec, Northern Abitibi Mining (ASE) reports. Quebec Crown exploration company Soquem is operating the progra…
To help boost the languishing tin mining industry, producers have set up a company in London to promote research and expand use of the metal. The new company, ITRA Ltd., is to coax international tin u…
(The following is the conclusion of a 2-part article in which the author describes a series of avalanches he experienced first-hand while working near Rogers Pass, B.C., in 1974.) The two events last …
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