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I am now receiving my Northern Miner regularly and was sure glad to see that story on platinum. It will be helpful with my research as to investing in that metal. I hold some shares in Boston Bay Mine…

The Bay Street bull has come down with a walloping case of spring fever and no one’s looking for a cure. The beast barrelled ahead 118.87 pts on the composite 300 this week, with more than half that a…

An underground exploration program budgeted at $7.1 million, has been proposed for Abitibi Resources, Bevcon-Buffadison property near Val d’Or, Que. Abitibi and affiliate company Mid-Canada Gold & Cop…

Invest in shares rather than physical gold, platinum or silver, J. B. Were & Son advises in a recent update. “Shares usually provide an income in addition to capital gains in excess of inflation,” the…

Hi-Peg Resources has changed its name to Elegance Business Corp. on a share-for-share basis.

Located some 300 km north of Smithers, B.C., the Toodoggone precious metals area awaits its inevitable development. Over the next couple of years, several development projects may be undertaken in the…

Increasing co-operative R&D with our universities is probably the best way for Canada to attain global excellence in mining technology. Over its long history, Canadian funding for research and develop…

The location of an orebody should be given a lot of attention when you go out looking for a mine. Development and operationg costs are different in each Canadian region. The philosophy of mineral expl…

Geologist Robert Kerrich has been appointed to the George J. McLeod Chair in Geology at the University of Saskatchewan. He was formerly professor of geology at the University of Western Ontario. Kerri…

Clipper Belt Lacer Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich., has appointed John MacDonald as sales and service representative for the Clipper- Mato Division in the Maritimes. His responsibilities will include servi…

Brian Fairbank has founded a new consulting firm, Fairbank Engineering, which provides geological engineering and field services for mining, industrial mineral and geothermal development and explorati…

Greenshields & Co. of Montreal has announced an offering of 30,000 shares of stock in Placer Development, a British Columbia incorporation specializing in the investigation and development of gold pla…