Grouse Creek up and running
Despite the increasingly complex regulatory environment, it is still possible, after considerable patience and perseverence, to permit a new mining operation in the U.S. For proof, one need look no fu…
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MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Pacific Comox exploring in Ghana
Preliminary exploration work on the Adansi-Asaasi concession in Ghana, West Africa, is returning encouraging results for Pacific Comox Resources (VSE). The concession includes the past-producing Chere…
Warren given life sentence, named in Giant mine lawsuit
Convicted of second-degree murder (T.N.M., Jan. 30/95) in the bombing deaths of nine miners at the Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Roger Warren was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison bef…
Ontario government makes amendments to Mining Act
The Ontario government has made six amendments to the Ontario Mining Act, which Mines Minister Gilles Pouliot says will make the legislation fairer, clearer and more effective. The six changes involve…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — African countries featured at
More than 20 African countries are expected to take part in the African Mining Investment symposium to take place May 24-26 in Toronto. Organized by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Gabon updating mining
The increased interest in Africa’s mineral potential has prompted the government of Gabon to consider updating the mining legislation which it had adopted after independence in 1960. Situated on the w…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Ghana’s ongoing gold rush
Ghana has a long history of gold production, with more than 41 million oz. having been produced since 1880. The country’s vast mineral potential is best exemplified by the Ashanti mine, which has been…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Diamond Fields boosting S.
With the acquisition of a 100% interest in two producing kimberlite diamond mines in the Republic of South Africa, Vancouver-based Diamond Fields Resources (TSE) became Canada’s only high-quality gem …
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Canadian juniors active in
The hunt for diamonds in Africa has taken Canadian mining companies to more than a dozen countries in the western, central and southern areas of the continent. Among the more popular countries, based …
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Airborne geophysics applied to
The West African country of Ghana is undergoing aerial geophysical survey work, courtesy of Aerodat Inc. The Mississauga, Ont.-based company, which has been flying both non-exclusive fixed-wing and ex…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — New mines spring from old
The nation of Zimbabwe takes its name from the ruins of the ancient empire of Monomotapa which thrived there for 1,200 years before European colonization. The ancients created a beehive of mining acti…