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Carl Zuber appointed chairman of the board and managing director; Jay Sujir appointed director. N5…

Drilling has begun on the Mainstreet property in Louvicourt Twp. near Val d’Or, Que. Aur Resources (TSE) and Beaufield Consolidated Resources (VSE) report. Aur may earn a 60% interest in the project b…

Hugh Maddin and Peter Barton elected directors. N5…

David Dahl appointed president and director; Adrienne Abney and Allan Wright appointed directors. N5…

Richard Addison appointed director.

For the first time in a long while, Canadian gold equities showed up in the financial pages of the dailies under the heading “Biggest Net Losers.” It happened on Aug. 6, when gold bullion prices took …

Mining in New Brunswick started in 1839. In that year, French sailors removed several chaldrons of coal from the Grand Lake area and sent them to Boston. The shipment represented New Brunswick’s first…

BGR Central Net Value $13.81 $6.41 Price $12.00 $6.625 Discount 13.12% 3.4% Value $77,366,000 $119,907,863…

Continuing losses have prompted Southern Copper (VSE) to close its 70%-owned Oracle Ridge copper mine in Arizona until mid-October. The company plans to review all aspects of the mill to consider poss…

Avalanches rarely make headlines. Occasionally, they create havoc on the ski-slopes and that’s about the only time we hear of them. But in high-mountain country in winter, they are an ever-present haz…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date Aug. 10 Aug. 9 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Aug. 4 Copper 1936-1937 1957-1958 1968-1969 1958-1959 1954-1955 Lead 392-393 391-392 397-398 404-405 398-39…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange was in the news again as James Matkin’s provincially appointed inquiry listened to more assaults on the exchange’s credibility during a recent public hearing. William Pidr…