It is customarily thought that the gold mines of South Africa’s Rand pioneered deep mining. Not so. That distinction was held for many years by the Kolar gold field in India. While the deepest Rand mi…
An association of Newfoundland and Labrador explorationists (NALE) is organizing a “rock room” during two days of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in Toronto. T…
As President Carlos Salinas de Gortari orchestrates his economic reform program, the image of the lazy Mexican sleeping underneath a cactus plant is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Inflation is …
A 5-hole, second-phase drilling program was recently started up on the Coral Lake gold claims of Founder Resources (VSE) near Beardmore, Ont. Encouraged by results from the first two holes, Founder ha…
The proposed merger between Home stake Mining (NYSE) and International Corona (TSE) is expected to result in Homestake becoming one of the world’s largest gold producers with anticipated 1992 producti…
A new deep structure has been discovered on the Duquesne property north of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Radisson Mining Resources (ME) reports. The company recently undertook a 4-hole program in hopes of reac…
FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Mar 17 Mar 16 Mar 13 Mar 12 Mar 11 Copper 1275-1276 1290-1292 1300-1301 …
British Columbia has a long history of trade with Japan, which today is the province’s second largest trading partner and which purchases almost 30% of the province’s total exports in terms of value. …
A definitive agreement was recently concluded between Athena Gold (VSE) and Pegasus Gold (TSE) for continued exploration of the Talapoosa property in Nevada. Pegasus signed a deal giving it the right …
Heading to Latin America for mineral exploration is all the rage these days, but investing south of the Rio Grande is no guarantee of success. In fact, apart from Chile, success stories are few and fa…
By 1998, all of Minnova’s currently producing mines would have exhausted their reserves though the company is awash in cash. Last year Minnova earned more than $8-million interest from its cash alone….
Kennecott plans new smelter, refinery Kennecott, a unit of Britain’s Rio Tinto Zinc, is planning to spend US$880 million to build a new smelter and expand the refinery near its Bingham Canyon copper-g…
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