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On the face of it, the Royal Canadian Mint’s recent decision to add platinum Maple Leaf and silver Maple Leaf coins to its already highly-successful Maple Leaf investment-vehicle gold coins, seems fai…

A follow-up development program, expected to cost upwards of $3 million, is getting under way at the Tully Twp. gold property of Frankfield Explorations (ASE) (36.4%) and Intex Mining (ASE) (63.6%) in…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Jul 100.00 96.80 99.90 + 3.65 Aug 96.50 96.50 99…

While demand for lead has been steady of late, there appears to be an adequate supply to meet that demand, writes Metals Economics Group of Halifax, N.S., in a recent report on the base metal which is…

Reserves of graphitic material at its Mont Laurier, Que., deposit are estimated to be 23.7 million tonnes, Stratmin Inc. (ME) reports. Results to date from ongoing drilling and from a 44-tonne bulk sa…

With a $50- million investment in the Muscocho Group of companies including McNellen Resources (VSE), Echo Bay Mines (TSE) is set to play a much larger role in Eastern Canada’s gold mining industry. U…

Mining 1988 Financial Times International Year Book. Editor, Helen Wilcock. Published by Lingman Group UIK Ltd., Westgate House, The High, Harlow, Essex CM20 1NE, UK. Price $105(C). Distributed in Can…

SILVER ISLET — Striking It Rich In Lake Superior by Elinor Barr. A Natural Heritage publication, first of its planned Canadian Shield series. 160 pages with excellent archival photographs and memorab…

A 75% equity interest in Saskatchewan-based Avonlea Mineral Industries has been acquired by Ekaton Industries (TSE), the latter company reports. Ekaton says it will convert $600,000 of its $1.6-millio…

With all the hype surrounding some astonishing gold discoveries at the Goldstrike operation in Nevada and a lawsuit over the Mercur mine in Utah, American Barrick Resources’ (TSE) newest gold producer…

A $3.1-million exploration program aimed at advancing the Bralorne gold mine property of Golden North Resource Corp. (TSE) and Imperial Metals (TSE) to the production feasibility stage by year-end is …

Triple M Mining Corp. has changed its name to S. E. Storage Express (International) Ltd. (sxe:vse) on a share-for-share basis.