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Improvements at the lead-zinc smelter in Trail, B.C., and at the Red Dog mine in northwest Alaska gave Cominco (TSE) a boost in the first quarter. The major posted $2.3 million in consolidated net ear…

The Colorado-Wyoming kimberlite province in the western U.S. includes more than 100 kimberlite intrusives, one of the largest lamproite fields in the world, and dozens of unexplored geophysical, remot…

Plans by Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of San Andreas Resources (TSE) for Ramrod shares have been cancelled. San Andreas President Peter Tsaparas provided…

We don’t pretend to be economists, but we do feel confident in possessing a rudimentary grasp of the major tenets of modern-day economics. We know, for example, that the modern government penchant for…

Formerly listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, common shares of Charlim Resources have begun trading on the Montreal Exchange. Charlim, which explores for and develops mining properties in Quebec, c…

Drilling has begun on Ican Minerals’ (TSE) Almaden gold mine in Idaho. The work will test a newly discovered zone which is 2,000 ft. northwest of the known orebody and 500 ft. lower in elevation. In t…

Montreal-based Freewest Resources (TSE) has signed an option to acquire three claims, comprising 1,040 acres, north of Kirkland Lake, Ont. Over a 5-year period, Freewest will pay $150,000 cash and iss…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the second-largest holder of gold in the world. From 1944 to 1978, gold was the unit of account and the central reserve asset of the international financial sy…

Peter Bojtos appointed director.

Andres Tardif appointed president, chief executive officer and director.

Christopher Serin appointed director.