Eighteen months ago, while scouting around Mexico’s Sonora state, Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T) noticed what appeared to be a mineralized ridge on an unexplored property near the town of Alamos. The jun…
The eyes of the junior market are back on Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) as the company resumes drilling at its Lac Rocher nickel prospect, 100 km northeast of Matagami, Que.Nuinsco has established its cam…
At the Imam iron prospect in central Chile, General Minerals (GNM-T) has begun drilling the first of five holes designed to test a new geological interpretation.The Iman anomaly was first discovered b…
Convinced of central Newfoundland’s mineral potential, Celtic Minerals (CME-A) has staked 111 more claims.The Alberta-based junior already owns varying interests in 10 properties in the region. Six of…
The pressure to expand is prompting senior mining companies to seek out huge, low-cost orebodies that will give them a leg up on their competitors.Around the world, Canadian miners are pumping hundred…
Partners Minco Mining & Metals (MMM-T) and Teck (TEK-T) are encouraged by results from four diamond drill holes on the White Silver Mountain polymetallic project in Gansu, a province in north-central …
An independent consulting firm has concluded that design and construction deficiencies contributed to the failure of the Aznacollar tailings dam owned by Boliden’s (BOL-T) Spanish subsidiary, Boliden …
The Toronto staff of Rayrock Resources (RAY-T) are clearing out their desks and heading to Reno, Nev., now that the company has been acquired by Glamis Gold (GLG-T).Glamis issued 29.3 million shares a…
Canadian production of primary and refined copper, primary nickel, gold, silver, primary lead, primary and refined zinc, and iron ore was down between December 1998 and December 1997.However, refined …
For a remotely situated operation that was expected to produce for only 12 years, the Nanisivik zinc mine has demonstrated that staying power is possible even in the High Arctic.The mine, situated on …
A $6.8-million research and development program at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., will focus on developing mining and environmental monitoring technology.The Ontario government provided $2.2 …
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Mar. 2/99 (change from Feb. 23 in brackets):MetalStocks (tonnes)Change…
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