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Robert Fennimore appointed director.

Proving that a Canadian mining company needn’t leave the country to succeed, Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) continues to operate mines and explore for metals exclusively in northwestern Quebec and Ontario. …

Changes in foreign investment and mining laws as well as improvement in the tax structure have encouraged foreign companies to invest in Mexico. Late last year, the government of President Salinas de …

In South America, Chile played a leading role in attracting foreign mining companies, being the first to pass new laws which paved the way for foreign companies to explore for and develop mineral depo…

Price (US) Week’s Change Gold* $386.40 + $6.71 Silver* $405.57 + $0.13 Platinum* $404.50 + $7.25 Nickel** $402.96 + $0.15 Lead** $400.22 $0.00 Copper $401.04 + $0.05 Zinc $400.43 $0.01 Courtesy of Sco…

After four years of declining demand for molybdenum, the outlook for the rest of the 1990s is brighter for the metal, with developing economies, particularly in South East Asia, likely to show the hig…

— 1994 — May 24 May 23 May 20 May 19 May 18 High Low Composite”300″ 4286.98 N/A 4298.38 4285.68 4278.04 4609.93 3518.31 Metals&Minerals 3747.50 N/A 3752.51 3730.33 3721.43 3879.59 3273.56 Integrated…

In recent months, Metall Mining (TSE) has been re-evaluating its key holdings in light of a possible sale of its shares by parent company Metallgesellschaft (MG). And while an announcement on the sale…

Merton Stewart of Red Bank, N.B., is an active, living legend in the Maritime exploration fraternity. I have never met a man who possessed such a keen curiosity and love for minerals, the outdoors and…

Exploration is scheduled to begin shortly on Golden Regent Resources’ (ASE) holdings in central Slovakia. The junior controls about 48 sq. miles in the West Carpathian epithermal zone. The company pla…

Alistair Brown and Colin Coats appointed vice-presidents.

Richard Garnett appointed director.