In early 1990, Northern Miner Press Inc. will publish a 144-page book entitled Mining Explained: A Guide to Prospecting and Mining, the sixth edition of a reference publication that first rolled off t…
As Christmas shoppers rush from store to store, who can fail to lament the commercialization of the holiday season? Somehow the spirit of giving has been lost since the Magi bore their gifts of franki…
While the mining industry has long since extricated itself from the 1980 recession, budding engineers still seem leery of the resource roller coaster. At Queen’s University, for example, about 20 mini…
Drilling is expected to begin next month at the Vezza Twp. gold claims optioned recently from Dundee-Palliser Resources (TSE), and North American Rare Minerals (ME) by Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE). Having…
To date about $3.5 million has been spent by a unit of Inco Ltd. (TSE) and junior partner Seven Mile High Group (VSE) on the Vault gold property near Okanagan Falls, B.C. According to Maurice Hamelin,…
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Dec106.30 104.00 106.20 + 3.10 Jan104.50 102.50 104.80 + 2.20 Feb103.10 103.10 104…
The newly discovered lead-zinc-gold-silver Deception Lake property north of La Ronge, Sask., will be the subject of a closely watched work program that includes a minimum of 10,000 ft of surface drill…
From a speech by John Crow, Governor of the Bank of Canada, to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce In what I have just said I have aimed to make clear why the Bank of Canada has been seeking in recent …
Stratabound Minerals was one of the big winners for the week ended Dec 19 when trading activity slipped into what could only be described as a pre-Christmas holding pattern. When reached for comment, …
The industry honored some of its own last January at the inaugural dinner of the Mining Hall of Fame held at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. Keynote speaker at the event was former Falconbridge chairman B…
Golden Star Resources (TSE) has decided to advance its Mahdia gold property in Ghana to the production stage. At full production, the Mahdia placer mining operation would be capable of producing 60,00…
Gold guru turned mine financier Ian McAvity is hoping that the recent upswing in the price of gold will revive his reputation as the man with the Midas touch. As president of Toronto-based mining fina…
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