Equinox shuts Van Stone
Low zinc prices have once again prompted Equinox Resources (TSE) to mothball its 60% owned Van Stone zinc-lead mine in northeastern Washington state. The mine recently returned to a temporary care-and…
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Canmine plans Fer drilling
Diamond drilling is scheduled to begin soon on the Fer property of Canmine Resources (CDN) north of Flin Flon, Manitoba. About 10,000 ft. of drilling will be carried out upon completion of a gravity s…
EDITORIAL PAGE — The name game
Sports teams in North America have had unusual nicknames, some more memorable than others and some even evoking images of mining. A professional basketball team, for example, is known as the Nuggets, …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — PDAC and GAC offering discounts on
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and Geological Association of Canada (GAC) are offering unemployed members discounts. Gerald Cooper, PDAC membership chairman, hopes that un…
Global focus at IBF luncheon
Discussion at the International Business Forum luncheon scheduled for Feb. 9 in the Lower Lounge of Toronto’s O’Keefe Centre will revolve around the needs and challenges (economic, political, social) …
PEOPLE — AUSTAR RESOURCES
Louis Starck elected director and president; Jack Austin, Stephan Benediktson, Henry Bow, Robert Douglas, and Steven Sanders elected directors.
Northern Crown plans Mexican drilling
An initial 16-hole drilling program is set to start at the Guadalupe property owned by Northern Crown Mines (VSE). Drill footage on the Mexican property will total 6,000 ft. and test about 1,000 ft. o…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Selloff depresses gold price
At a time of genuine economic crisis, the Bank of Canada is selling off our gold reserves at a dangerously high rate. Notwithstanding the security our formerly enviable gold reserves were able to prov…
Amer. Resource awarded Durazno
The Bajo El Durazno copper-gold project in Argentina has been awarded to American Resource (USOTC), the California-based company and Argentine state mining company Yacimientos de Agua de Dionisio anno…
PEOPLE — CLIFTON STAR RESOURCES
Nick Segounis elected director and president; John Campbell, Alistair Sinclair and Constantin Thodos elected directors.
BOOKS IN REVEIW — Handy guide
Fast Focus on TQM: A Manager’s Look at TQM Terms and Topics. By Derm Barrett. MCL Publications, 31 Pine Ridge Drive, Scarborough, Ont. M1M 2X6. 127 pages. $12.95 (plus $2.95 postage and handling) Tota…
Regal director makes trades
A director of Regal Goldfields (CDN) emerged as an active trader of the company’s shares last December, when an exploration program on Regal’s diamond properties was getting under way. According to th…