Toronto-based Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) has joined the growing list of Canadian resource companies planning to adopt a poison pill mechanism to prevent it from becoming the victim of an unwanted take…
Calgary-based Varna Gold (ASE) says a 3,000-ft. drill program got under way recently at the company’s Ming’s Bight joint venture in Newfoundland. As part of a plan to earn a 70% stake in the project, …
Some substantial gains were made during the week ended Jan. 16 by three Alberta issues which haven’t been among the most active traders lately. During the week, Zenmac Zinc added an impressive 58 cent…
Your paper has printed several articles about Platinova Resources’ activity in Greenland. Last March you also noted the association of Platinova with Deni son Mines regarding a project to dredge fin…
Despite a dramatic drop in activity in the junior resource sector in Nova Scotia since the heyday of flow-through shares, exploration is continuing, mostly by majors and the few juniors which have man…
The board of directors of Wye Resources (COATS) have accepted the resignation of Martin Oosterveld as the company’s president and James Myslicki as vice-president. Elected as Wye’s new president is Da…
MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $12.20 $6.09 $0.48 Price $11.00 $6.00 $0.38 Discount 9.84% 1.5% 26% Value $72,620,015 $102,5…
Newly inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame is 89-year-old Alex Mosher, who was accompanied to this year’s dinner by granddaughters Judy Lennox (left) and Jane Ratchford.
Use of micro-organisms to extract and concentrate metals is a US$2-billion per year business worldwide, and growing at an annual rate of 12-15%, Falmouth Associates of Maine reports in a multi-client …
The Obed thermal coal mine near Hinton, Alta., has been sold to Edmonton- based Luscar Ltd. The mine was owned 93.4% by Unocal Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unocal (NYSE), and 6.6% by Norcen E…
Head table guests at the annual dinner of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame were, from left, Lionel Kilburn, Richard Gardner, Norman Keevil Jr., Viola MacMillan, Maurice Brown, Robert Ginn and John Laf…
As drill rigs are already up and running across the continent, after the Christmas break, it is hardly surprising that some of the junior mining issues were among the volume leaders. For the week ende…
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