Excited investors continued wheeling and dealing at a feverish pace in the Val d’Or triplets — Aur Resources, Louvem Mining and St. Genevieve Resources. The rush to buy shares was sparked two weeks a…
Modifications at the Fort Saskatchewan nickel refinery to permit the processing of off-specification feed materials have been completed, Sherritt Gordon (TSE) reports. Feed from supplier Inco Ltd.’s (…
I would like to comment on some of the information presented in “King of Zinc,” the story on the Brunswick No. 12 mine (see April issue). The first is the statement on the “abstract nature of the geol…
Gold output at the Kettle River project of Echo Bay Mines (TSE) and Crown Resources (NASDAQ) is expected to reach about 110,000 oz in the first year, 33,000 oz of that total accruing to Crown Resource…
In an effort to boost production and Iincrease operating efficiency, HighIland Valley Copper acquired the nearby Highmont mill l ast year and, at a cost of $70 million, relocated the Highmont milling …
By purchasing 324,000 shares of Rea Gold Corp. (TSE) on The Toronto Stock Exchange through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Cassiar Mining Corp. (TSE) boosted its total indirect holding to 2.6 million share…
At a grade of 2.4%, Cameco’s Key Lake operation is a rich uranium mine. It also has — and this is not well known — a rich nickel deposit. The nickel grade has been officially listed at 2.3% for the …
When it comes to gold, the market is used to sudden, dramatic price swings. That’s part of gold’s appeal — the opportunity to make large sums of money over a short period of time. All one has to do i…
American Reserve Mining (VSE) has finalized its agreement with Placer Dome (TSE) involving the sale of a 60% interest in the Paymaster gold property at Timmins, Ont. American Reserve President Carl Zu…
Shortly after announcing its Val d’Or, Que., massive sulphide find, Toronto-based Aur Resources (TSE) has agreed to get involved in another polymetallic project. Under an agreement with Savanna Resour…
Management at the Campbell Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario takes its rock mechanics seriously. “They form an integral part of our ground support system,” S.M. Reid, mine manager of the Placer Do…
When the fatal fire in 1987 closed Wthe E Zone mine at Murdochville, Que., management at Noranda Minerals didn’t have a difficult choice to make as far as the smelter was concerned. The 70,000-tonne-p…
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