As the federal election heats up, Canadians whose livelihoods are tied to mining should ask their riding candidates what they intend to do — if anything — to keep the industry in Canada. That is the…
Toronto-based Metall Mining (TSE) has bought certain copper smelting and refining assets from controlling shareholder Metallgesellschaft of Germany in a deal worth $171 million. Metall acquired a 35% …
Drilling by Newfoundland Goldbar Resources (CDN) on its Glover Island property in west-central Newfoundland returned significant gold values over wide widths. Three holes were drilled on 300-ft. stepo…
It seems that too many Canadians see only the benefits of a world in which mining and its “loathsome” Windy Craggys are absent. It would be true, for example, that the world would be a quieter place w…
Kimberlites and lamproites were intruded through the Earth’s crust over a wide variety of ages. Not surprisingly, they have all experienced some degree of erosion. In Botswana, a thick cover of windbl…
We should think back during the past four years and count the number of times we have cursed all levels of government for the lack of support shown to mining. The dire situation we face in virtually e…
Annual output at Crown Butte Resources (TSER) New World project in Montana is projected to be 130,000 oz. gold. The company is awaiting a decision on an environmental impact statement which would ena…
Despite a general downturn among diamond issues and a stable gold price at the US$355-per-oz. level, both the Vancouver Stock Exchange resource and composite indexes gained ground. During the period e…
A zone of alteration with massive sulphide mineralization has been intersected on the Fer property in northern Manitoba, reports Canmine Resources (CDN). The new zone, termed the Prism, is on the Coll…
A new collective agreement covering operations at the Gibraltar open-pit copper mine near McLeese Lake, B.C., has been signed by Gibraltar Mines (TSE) and Local 3018 of the Canadian Auto Workers Union…
Two holes drilled by Stroud Resources on its Hislop gold property near Timmins, Ont., have encountered additional mineralization in the Creek zone. Hole 251 encountered 0.12 oz. gold per ton over 6.2 …
The acquisition of a private U.S. company will give Giant Bay Resources (TSE) an option on a 45% interest in the huge Montanore copper-silver deposit in northwestern Montana. Giant Bay has agreed in p…
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