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C. Bruce Ross, who retired late last year as president of Labrador Mining and Exploration, has been appointed by the Ontario government to undertake a review of the future education and training needs…

A former Nova Scotia deputy minister of mines, James P. Nowlan, has di ed in Halifax at the age of 76. A professional geologist who enjoyed a long career in the mining industry before entering governm…

37 cents per share for the third quarter of 1986 resulting in consolidated net income of $2,259,000 or 52 cents per share for the 9-month period ended Sept 30. Net earnings for the same periods in 1…

The Spaniards were the first to mine gold commercially in the South American country of Colombia which is probably best known as a coffee exporter. But today, modern placer mining techniques are recov…

return for flow-through shares at 60 cents each. The proceeds will be used for exploration of Kilembe’s Malartic Twp. property in northwestern Quebec. A 2,500-ft drill program has already started on …

The hot Pickle Lake exploration area in northwestern Ontario is covered by a set of 59 new survey maps just released by Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The ministry says the maps…

Mother Nature did a magnificent job concentrating the gold mineralization at Canamax Resources’ Ketza River project. And despite periods of heavy glaciation, she didn’t disturb the underlying oxide zo…

Use of Computers in the Coal Industry – Edited by Y.J. Wang & R. Larry Grayson. Proceedings of the Third Conference on the use of computers in the coal industry held July 28-30/86, West Virginia Unive…

A 26,000-ft diamond drilling program is being considered by partners Bresea Resources and Ayrex Resources on their equally held 324-claim property in Desmazures Twp., Que. Located north of Joutel, the…

A 14% jump in net earnings in the first nine months this year over the same period last year, has been attributed by Lornex Mining Corp. to reductions in operating costs and all other expenses. Lornex…

Accord Resources is completing a $300,000 flow-through share offering. When completed, the funds will be used to finance an exploration program on the company’s claim group near Beardmore, Ont. The Ac…

Wednesday close, Oct 29 A sluggish market this week saw the widely followed composite 300 mean der a few points here and a few points there. Today it was off 0.77 pts for a close of 3,011.82. While t…