An underground sampling program has been completed on Exall Resources’ (TSE) La Verde Grande property in Sonora, Mexico. Sampling on the upper level of the old mine returned values of 1.13% copper, 3….
The Canada Labour Relations Board has dismissed an application for certification by an independent association seeking to displace the union representing workers at the Giant mine outside Yellowknife,…
A recent letter agreement allows a unit of Rio Algom (TSE) to earn an interest in the Lockwood property, a volcanogenic massive sulphide prospect near Everett, Wash. The 5-sq.-mile property is on leas…
The Ministry of Energy, Mines and State Industry (SEMIP) in Mexico has lessened the amount of paperwork through which mining companies must wade. Paradoxically, doing so has entailed the use of still …
Montreal-based Louvem Mines (TSE), a subsidiary of St. Genevieve Resources (TSE), has completed a $700,000 private placement with a group of four investors. Pursuant to the placement, Louvem will issu…
Kalahari Resources (VSE) has re-entered a 2,036-ft. hole drilled seven years ago on a 25-sq.-mile magnetic anomaly in Quebec’s Eastern Twps. To test the source and base metal potential of the anomaly,…
A junior company is being granted exploration and mine development rights covering the whole of Armenia, an area of almost 30,000 sq. km. If the assignment agreement is approved by regulators, Rome Re…
Women working in geology today may think they are pioneering in a predominantly male field. But the real pioneer was from an earlier generation. Canada’s first female geologist was Alice Evelyn Wilson…
It is disappointing to see that, for some, cost of analysis is still the indicator of the accuracy of that analysis; that is, the more it costs, the better the result must be. I refer to the front-pag…
Copper consumption in the Western world will continue to grow around 2% per year during the decade. We (Phelps Dodge) see the strongest growth coming from the Far East as infrastructure needs continue…
The Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE) is taking several junior companies to task for reporting assay results performed either by a method other than the fire assay technique or by a laboratory not acceptab…
Nerco Minerals is now a discontinued operation of parent Nerco (NYSE), which, earlier this year, announced it was disposing of investment in precious metals. Nerco subsequently sold to Kennecott the N…
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