The article “Northern Ontario mining group urges public support of initiatives” (T.N.M., June 21/93) was interesting in that I lived through, and was a participant in, the malaise which it describes s…
Idaho-based Coeur d’Alene Mines (NYSE) has been placed on the 1993 Honor Roll of the Star award by the National Environmental Development Association (NEDA) in the U.S. The precious metals producer wa…
I know many lines will be written on the recent decision by the British Columbia government to kill what I think would have been a great mine (Windy Craggy) in the province’s northwest. It seems to me…
The good news, if you are a gold bug, is that the gold rally continues. The precious metal, which has moved in fits and starts this year, topped US$391 per oz. in London during the week ended July 6. …
Sales of rough diamonds by De Beers’ Central Selling Organization (CSO) were US$2.54 billion in the first half of 1993, 42% higher than in the corresponding period a year ago. In dollar terms, sales i…
Vancouver-listed Etruscan Enterprises reports that both Paterson, Grant and Watson (PGW) and Geonex Aerodat have conducted geophysical work on its Hackett River property in the Northwest Territories. …
After negotiating for more than a year, Homestake Canada and Placer Dome (TSE) have reached a stalemate on a proposal to convert Placer’s 44% interest in Stikine Resources to a direct interest in the …
Montreal-listed Explorations Abior can earn a 50% interest in an 18-claim diamond property in the Desmaraisville area of northwestern Quebec, near Le Tac Twp. The deal is part of an option agreement w…
Drilling at the Verneuil Twp. gold property of Golden Tag Resources (VSE) and Consolidated Gold Hawk Resources (ASE) in northwestern Quebec intersected the shear zone in almost every hole targeted in …
CDN-listed Hol-Lac Gold Mines is negotiating with a private company on the Isle of Man for $500,000 to finance sampling and drilling at its wholly owned Carissa mine in Wyoming. Carissa, the biggest g…
Saskatchewan-based junior Claude Resources (TSE) has filed for bankruptcy to restructure debts owed to several major creditors. The largest creditor, Western Canadian Shopping Centres, which is owed $…
At least one Canadian mining company could be affected by the outcome of a petition, filed in the Supreme Court of Venezuela, which challenges the authority of a state holding company to assign minera…
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