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At a time when leveraged buy- outs, poison pills and junk financings are becoming almost daily occurrences, it is more important than ever for shareholders of public and private companies to know thei…

It’s hard to say exactly when it Istarted, but some time last year Imajor assaying labs across the country began receiving increased amounts of more soil, grab, trench, channel and bulk samples from b…

There probably are more “experts” on the subject of gold than on any other financial entity. But when one lives with the gold market day in and day out and observes how its price continually changes i…

I was pleased to see the article entitled “Digital Prospecting” in the June issue, for despite its value, the technology may not yet be well known within the geological community. Unfortunately, altho…

Metals analysts are supposed to be Mseers. In truth, they can only Mpolish the prism through which we see very imperfectly the future. Yet occasionally an analyst is so skilled or lucky that his predi…

Miners tend to picture a prosperous future when the present is bleak. Half full now as the glass may be, optimists will tell you that in a month’s time (or within one or two years hence) the glass onc…

Dr Harry Warren, a pioneer biogeochemist and honorary professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia, has discovered that bee pollen laced with naturally-occu…

New and quite interesting gold finds were made by Ken McRae last month at Wampum Lake in the Rowan Lake district, 40 odd miles north of Fort Frances. Several narrow quartz veins have been uncovered an…

Silver, traditionally the poor Sman’s gold, hasn’t made any investors– well-heeled or impoverished — any money over the past couple of years at least. And, according to forecasts by Shearson Lehman …

It is practically indestructible. It resists heat, acids and electrical currents. It is chemically inert. Builders add it to concrete for extra strength and durability, yet its fibres are supple enoug…

Running the only tin mine on the continent may sound like a prestigious job. But try making ore out of mineralization that assays as low as 0.12% tin. It can be a very trying experience, especially w…

Hindsight, as they say, is always perfect. But a pleasing view from that perspective requires prior foresight. As, for example, the foresight displayed by Les Mines Selbaie in 1984, when in the midst …