Reserve boost for Chinese project
An independent study of the Qiandongshan (QDS) zinc-lead-silver project in China’s Shaanxi province has left American Exploration (ASE) confident about reserves. Proven and probable reserves are about…
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New Mexican mining regulations take effect
The regulations of the Mexican Mining Law went into effect at the end of March. According to the Ministry of Energy, Mines and State Industry (SEMIP), the new regulations eliminate 60 requirements tha…
Ivernia, Minorco negotiate Lisheen project agreement
A deal leading to the creation of a new joint venture agreement covering the Lisheen lead-zinc project in County Tipperary, Ireland, has been worked out between Ivernia West and Minorco. The new agree…
NovaGold program outlines Murray Brook copper reserve
A new minable reserve of 425,100 tons grading 2.98% copper has been established at the Murray Brook mine in northern New Brunswick by owner Novagold Resources (TSE). An additional 55,000 tons of crush…
Hycroft plans private placement
A planned private placement of special warrants is expected to net Hycroft Resources & Development (TSE) about $10.9 million before deducting issue expenses. The placement includes 10.5 million specia…
MAPAO meeting planned for May
The 62nd annual meeting of the Mines Accident Prevention Association of Ontario will take place May 27-28 at Toronto’s Sheraton Centre. The meeting will feature a mining health and safety conference. …
Exhibit of gems, gold specimens
Almost 1,000 gems and 70 gold specimens will light up the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto this summer when the S.R. Perren Gem and Gold Room opens July 3 to the public. The gems in this permanen…
EDITORIAL PAGE — The charisma factor
It’s surprising that few, if any, commentators on the Canadian political scene have not opined that perhaps the media itself is at least partially responsible for the woefully low turnout of candidate…
COMMENTARY — `Smart’ vehicles count on copper
The use of copper and copper alloys in North American vehicles has risen sharply in the past decade. The amount of copper in the average vehicle increased to 51 lb. in 1991 from about 36 lb. in 1980, …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Time to start fighting back
Your remarks in the editorial “Hug a miner”(T.N.M., Apr. 5/93) pertaining to the Whitehorse Initiative struck me as being a direct quote from my comment to the president of the Prospectors and Develop…
Diamond Fields springs to life
A new company with connections to Vancouver promoter Robert Friedland has been formed to acquire diamond properties around the globe. Diamond Fields Resources (VSE), formerly Rutherford Ventures, rece…
Moneta drilling intersects base metals near Timmins
A recent drill hole by Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSE) on its Godfrey Twp. property near Timmins, Ont., has returned three metres of 10% zinc at a vertical depth of 107 metres. The hole was drilled to fo…