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A large open pit operation is expected to get under way late next year at the Bogosu concession in Ghana, West Africa, where a consortium led by Toronto-based Sikaman Gold Resources (TSE), is in the e…

With production expected from its Kettle and Key properties in Ferry Cty., Wash., in the next few years, Denver-based Crown Resource Corp. (NASDAQ) could be profitable by 1990, says Mark E. Jones, pre…

The Society of Engineering & Mineral Exploration Geophysicists (SEMEG) is presenting the second annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems at the Color…

A private placement has been entered into by Bruneau Mining (ME) with its major shareholder, Canamax Resources (TSE), whereby Canamax will acquire 1.5 million treasury shares of Bruneau at 30 cents e…

Choosing between tenure at the University of Alaska or forming his own exploration company, Lawrence Heiner opted out of academia in 1970 and created Resource Associates of Alaska. He hasn’t looked ba…

A summer rally which began last week, continued to roll along adding more than 87 pts to the composite index this week. Today, the TSE index advanced 33.98 pts to close at 3,366.53 pts on volume of 23…

Companies are taking a serious look at dormant base metal producers, including Bunker Hill Mining (U.S.), a subsidiary of VSE-listed Bunker Hill Mining Co. Wright Engineers of Vancouver is preparing a…

This week’s issue of The Northern Miner is the first to include a new, regular report on mining activities in the United States. In recent years, gold mining in the western U.S. has increased consider…

At first glance, the effects of foreign currency zig-zags and inflation fears on mining are difficult to picture. Perhaps one way is to treat them simply as a foreign remittance being sent to you mont…

First phase of a $500,000 exploration program was started recently by Meridor Resources (VSE) at the Iskut property in the Stewart gold camp in northern British Columbia. The program consists of groun…

Since Quebec crown corporation Soquem spun off its assets in 1986 to form Cambior Inc. (TSE), the new entity has been one of the least vociferous of Canada’s mining outfits. Rather than boast about it…

St Andrew Goldfields (TSE) has announced the receipt of proceeds from the May 4 underwriting of a 25-million(SFr) issue of convertible bonds. The issue was underwritten by a Swiss-based bank consortiu…