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Perhaps the most urgent issue for mining in the West has been the attempt to amend or to revoke the Mining Law of 1872. For four or more years, a fight to replace the Law was led by Representative Nic…

A strong performance from gold operations enabled Placer Dome (TSE) to report a 45% improvement in earnings for the first nine months of this year over the comparable period in 1991. Net earnings reac…

Despite remaining unhedged against weak gold prices, Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) reported third-quarter earnings of $3.75 million (13 cents per share) compared with $442,000 (1 cents per share) for the s…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $ 335.40 + $5.20 Silver* $ 3.77 + $0.06 Platinum* $ 353.50 – $1.10 Nickel** $ 2.43 – $0.10 Lead** $ 0.21 + $0.01 Copper $ 0.97 + $0.01 Zinc $ 0.47 $0.00 Courtesy of Scot…

The discovery of tiny colored stones in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has spawned a new surge of investor interest in the diamond exploration game. After joint venture partners Abe…

Gold Funds as of Nov. 10 BGR Central Net Value $8.25 $5.14 Price $6.75 $4.80 Discount 18.14% 6.6% Value $47,980,000 $80,756,640…

Michelle Lepik appointed director.

Rocky McNabb elected president; Jurgen Wolf appointed director.

Taj Mohamed and Wally Dahya appointed directors.

William Schmidt appointed director.

James Foreman appointed director.

Paul Girard appointed vice-president, corporate relations.