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Gold stocks were unable to maintain their post-election rally during the week ended Nov. 10 as bullion slid to a 6-year low of US$330.25 per oz. in New York. Having recently touched a new 52-week high…

The government of Saskatchewan has given the green light to uranium mining. That was the important news to have come out of the provincial New Democratic Party’s fractious convention staged recently a…

While the logistics of diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories become more challenging with each passing day, some companies are mobilizing drill rigs to the relatively balmy climes of northe…

A combination of productivity gains and federal government initiatives to stimulate the Canadian economy has paid off for base metal miners, but analysts say the party will be short-lived. A survey of…

At the height of the field season in the Lac de Gras area, it was rumored that Monopros, the Canadian subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines, was flying out a Twin Otter load of overburden samples …

The directors and independent board committees of Anglo Dominion Gold Exploration (TSE), The Conigas Mines (TSE), Garrison Creek Consolidated Mines (CDN) and Quebec Sturgeon River Mines (TSE) have app…

The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently approved the amalgamation of Equinox Resources (TSE) and Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) in an uncontested hearing. Previous efforts by Equinox to merge the t…

In Canada’s mining industry, panning the prospectors is surely a disgraceful exercise. Natural resources are the basis of Canada’s wealth. But without the vision of explorers, prospectors and speculat…

Bern Brynelsen was listed as a candidate for election to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (T.N.M., Sept. 21/92). Contrary to your report, he did not play a large part in the discovery and development …

The article “Madsen puts hope in `Mr. Chibougamau'” (T.N.M., Oct. 26/92) appears to give credit where credit is due. That is often the case when a single source is quoted. In the article, Ram Kanwar i…

British Columbia’s mining industry is expressing concerns about Bill 84, the new labor relations code introduced in the provincial legislature in late October. Tom Waterland, president of the Mining A…

Mining executive of Inco Ltd. for more than two decades, W.R.O. (Roy) Aitken died Nov. 5 after a brief illness. He was 60. Aitken was appointed assistant to the chairman and chief executive officer la…