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The exploration arm of Inco (TSE) is taking on a greater presence in Western Canada through several recent agreements to joint venture properties considered prospective for volcanogenic massive sulphi…

Created in 1842, the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) has been the driving force behind the geological mapping of Canada’s nearly 10 million square km of land and freshwater lakes, and more than 6 mi…

The past twenty-five years have seen substantial changes within the mining industry in terms of geological theories, technical procedures, equipment design, interpretation techniques and data presenta…

While it might seem Murray Pezim is more involved in football than mining these days, Canada’s best-known promoter is still keeping his hand in the game with a number of his junior companies, includin…

When mineral explorationists gather in Toronto this week for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention, they’re not going to hear too much about Canada. The buzzword is …

Shareholders, like voters, are in a prickly mood, a sign no doubt of these tougher times. Downwardly mobile investors are no longer hesitant to criticize sweetheart deals, writedowns, management entre…

The employment decline in Canadian mineral industries which began in 1990 continued in 1991. Reductions brought direct employment in mining and primary metals to 138,343, down 5% from 1990 and the low…

The two men stealthily filled the hole and pulled their crude plank table over the spot. Then they shuffled about on the tent’s earthen floor in an attempt to wipe out all evidence of their midnight e…

By spending $500,000 on exploration and development at the Pend Oreille lead-zinc project in Washington within the year, Minnova (TSE) will be granted the exclusive option to acquire Kerr Addison Mine…

A stagnant gold price and a dearth of new discoveries continue to inhibit the flow of exploration capital into the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resou…

Compared with 1981, Canada’s reserves of copper, nickel, zinc and silver in 1991 were down by about one-third. They dropped by almost 40% for lead and were off by 65% for molybdenum. Although reserves…

A subsidiary of Toronto-based Caledonia Mining (TSE) has signed a letter of intent to purchase a 97% interest in Kamenolomy Strkopleskovne (KS), a Czechoslovakian industrial minerals mining company. C…