Copper has taken the chief attention in metal circles the past few days because of sudden improvement in demand both here and abroad. The main activating force was the purchase of 21,000 tons by a for…
Wolf River Resources has changed its name to Interchem (N.A.) Industries Inc. (IID:VSE) on a share-for- share basis. Transfer agent is Pacific Corporate Services Ltd.
Placer Dome (TSE) has completed the purchase of a 60% interest in the Paymaster gold project at Timmins, Ont. American Reserve Mining (VSE) has received $18.2 million in cash for the sale of both the …
Cutting the ribbon to officially open the Magnacon mine, (left to right) Jack McAdam, president of Flanagan McAdam Resources; Ruth Ditto representing Windarra Minerals; and Terry Flanagan, president o…
When the fatal fire in 1987 closed Wthe E Zone mine at Murdochville, Que., management at Noranda Minerals didn’t have a difficult choice to make as far as the smelter was concerned. The 70,000-tonne-p…
Domestic sales of copper have been the highest in three years. At the end of last week, sales were 152,000 tons for the month to date — the highest since April, 1936. The domestic copper price advanc…
Two new mineral exploration incentive programs worth a total of $5 million were recently announced by the Ontario government. The Ontario Prospectors Assistance Program (OPAP) will provide experienced…
There was a sharp jump in gold output at Piedmont Mining’s (NASDAQ) Haile mine project during the first quarter in comparison to last year. Production totalled 3,560 oz compared with 1,339 oz the prev…
Project operator Imperial Metals Corp. (TSE) has started a major work program which is expected to lead to a full feasibility study for the Mt. Polley copper- gold deposit near Williams Lake, B.C. Mt….
Believing that its CNE base metal deposit in New Brunswick can be developed as a low-cost open pit mine, Stratabound Minerals (ASE) has applied to the provincial government for permission to take a bu…
Joint venture partners Dejour Mines (TSE) and Noble Peak Resources (TSE) plan to carry out a $700,000 exploration program this year on their Turquetil gold property, situated 140 miles southwest of Ra…
Gibraltar Mines made a smart decision back in mid-decade. The company was saddled with about 200 million tons of low-grade ore and “waste” piled on-site at its McLeese Lake, B.C., mine. Someone decide…
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