1991

Archibald MacDonald Bell, who for 38 years directed Noranda’s exploration program, died recently in Mississauga, Ont. He was 85. Born in Grafton, Australia, of Canadian parents, Bell attended the Uni…

Sister companies Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) and Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) are planning to move quickly to capitalize on their experience in the royalty acquisition field. The Toronto-based companies a…

The Canadian mineral industry ranks close to the top in the global production of 19 commodities. Energy News-Record, a New York-based magazine, places Canada third after the U.S. and Britain in the ex…

The list of individuals inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame gives some idea of the diversity of people who built our mining industry into a world leader. But their accomplishments are not e…

Copious regulations, increasing in number and complexity. New issues, without precedent. Vociferous public interest groups. Changing expectations on all fronts, some of them unreasonable. At the same …

The reopening of the Van Stone mine is a welcome event to local residents who depend primarily on the flagging logging industry for employment. Of the 75 employees at the mine, almost all were hired l…

The Toronto Stock Exchange refused to accept a proposal by Northair Mines (VSE) to consolidate the company’s stock on the basis of one new share for every five existing shares and to increase the auth…

Following an agreement between Joutel Resources (TSE) and Aur Resources (TSE), Joutel’s 26-claim copper-zinc prospect in northwestern Quebec will be given a second look. Under the agreement, Aur has …

Shareholders of Muscocho Explorations (TSE) recently granted the company permission to issue up to 11 million common shares to its creditors. The planned share issue is part of an amended plan of arra…

Preliminary reconnaissance geochemistry by X-Cal Resources (VSE) has outlined anomalous gold values on both the Kamma and Wild Rose claims under option from Equinox Resources (TSE) in Pershing Cty., N…

Sustainable development is “meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” according to Our Common Future, a report issued by the Wo…

A stope miner at the Con mine of Nerco Minerals in the Northwest Territories, Trevor Martin, won four of 16 events to take the overall title at the recent King Miner contest. The event was part of th…