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The “glory days” of mining in Ontario are over, but cooperation between industry and government could foster new growth, says Lars-Eric Johansson, Falconbridge’s chief financial officer. Drawing compa…

With the results from the remaining holes of the drilling program on the Fish Lake property in southcentral British Columbia now in hand, Taseko Mines (VSE) estimates the deposit contains 1.265 billio…

Contrary to a widely held industry belief, Ontario is committed to the mining industry. At least that is the message delivered by the provincial government at the Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium …

Drilling on the Piedras Verdes copper-oxide project in southern Sonora, Mexico, recently encountered a new high-grade zone of copper mineralization adjacent and to the west of the Main zone. Owner Azc…

For investors in metals, the 1990s has been a treacherous time. First, North America dipped deeply into recession and, now that the U.S. and Canada are limping toward recovery, Europe and Japan are sl…

A surface drilling program by Noranda Exploration, a unit of Noranda (TSE), on its 100% owned Bell Allard South property near Matagami, Que., has intersected a new deep massive sulphide zone. One of t…

Midway through a runup in the price of Gerle Gold (VSE) shares, director William Wolodarsky sold about a third of his stake in the junior diamond explorer. According to the Ontario Securities Commissi…

Results from eight drill holes outside the known gold resources at the Rosebud property in Nevada recently returned erratic, discontinuous gold values. The Rosebud project is a 49-51 joint venture bet…

CALAIS RESOURCES — Marlowe Harvey appointed president and director; Melvin Martin, Andrew Murray and Robert Foley appointed directors. N5…

Andrew Panzo and Douglas Horne appointed directors. N5…

Hiroshi Saito elected chairman; Charles Corry elected vice-chairman. N5…

Lawrence Ryckman appointed president and director; Kent Couillard and Jonathan Rubenstein appointed directors. N5…