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Global production of titanium- bearing minerals increased by about 1.2 million tonnes of contained TiO/c2h/ during the 1985-89 period, barely keeping pace with demand for titanium dioxide pigment, whi…

SOQUEM, the mining exploration wing of the Quebec government, recently signed separate agreements allowing it to earn a 50% interest in two Chibougamau, Que., properties. Under an agreement with Camec…

Ontario’s mining industry got a good look at the province’s new mines minister during the first Ontario Mining Week and apparently liked what it saw. Gilles Pouliot charmed his audience at a reception…

Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior (ME) has revised upwards its estimate of preliminary reserves for the West zone of the Douay gold project in northwestern Quebec. The project is 42%-owned by Inco (T…

Recent diamond drilling on the Ester property near Fairbanks, Alaska, has returned some encouraging results. A unit of Inco (TSE) is earning a 70% interest in the property from Silverado Mines (VSE) b…

Fred Gill, manager of Latin America for Cominco Resources International, died recently. Gill was a passenger in a chartered boat that sank in a sudden windstorm in Chile’s Punta Arenas region. He was …

Investors reacted negatively to recent declines in the price of gold by launching a sell-off which sent many stocks to new lows during the week ended Oct. 16. Although the turmoil on stock markets has…

Continuing its upward march, Costigan Gold gained another 5 cents for the week ended Oct. 16 as the company announced a base metal discovery 200 km southwest of Bathurst, N.B. All four holes drilled o…

The 15th annual review of activities will be held by the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Mineral Resources (NBDNR), Nov. 13-14, at the Fredericton Inn, Fredericton, N.B. As pa…

MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $10.35 $5.74 $0.29 Price $9.375 $5.375 $0.16 Discount 9.42% 6.4% 44.8% Value $61,640,194 $90,430,613 N/A…

George Scott and Chet Idziszek appointed directors succeeding Arthur Clemiss who resigned.

George Scott, Robert Barbero and Chet Idziszek appointed directors succeeding Arthur Clemiss and Leonard Clemiss who resigned.