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The 1992 Nevada Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award was presented recently to USMX at the Nevada Mining Association’s annual meeting. The award is jointly sponsored by Nevada, the U.S. Bureau of La…

Mexico is experiencing a modern-day exploration boom, the direct result of radical changes to its mining laws. Rich in minerals, the country is the world’s largest supplier of silver and exports large…

The constitutional referendum is past but not forgotten. In the days following the vote, the economy seems destined to become the favored topic, but mark our words, the constitutional debate may be ta…

Mining executive John Ralph Needham died recently in Toronto. He was 64. Needham was best known as a founding member of the Ontario Mining Equipment and Services for Export (OMESE), which was establis…

Drilling is expected to resume shortly on Mountain Beaver Resources’ (CDN) Figuery base metal property near Amos, Que. The property contains the Figuery deposit which has preliminary reserves of 386,7…

After compiling results from the past year’s drilling on the Polaris-Taku property in northwestern British Columbia, preliminary estimates of probable and possible reserves have been boosted to 2.85 m…

Fuelled by higher third-quarter earnings and investor enthusiasm related to the U.S. presidential election, shares of many of the major mining companies posted healthy gains during the week ended Nov….

Trading activity on western markets picked up a little steam during the report period ended at noon, Nov. 4, largely because of investor interest in companies active in diamond exploration. The Vancou…

Nov.3 Nov.2 Oct.30 Oct.29 Oct.28 High Low Composite”300″3361.64 3379.04 3336.12 3336.01 3334.71 4009.47 3009.91 Metals&Minerals 2780.62 2794.69 2772.11 2753.63 2745.96 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated Mines…

At least 16 new zones requiring follow-up exploration were identified by Newhawk Gold Mines (TSE) during this year’s surface exploration program on the Bruceside project at the Sulphurets property in …

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $336.90 – $1.30 Silver* $ 3.80 + $0.03 Platinum* $355.25 – $1.25 Nickel** $ 2.66 – $0.12 Lead** $ 0.21 – $0.02 Copper $ 1.02 $0.00 Zinc $ 0.49 – $0.01 Courtesy of Scotia…

A private placement with major shareholder Gwalia Consolidated will provide up to US$1.37 million for Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE). Gwalia agreed to purchase a minimum of 1.82 million and up t…