1992

Toronto-based companies Minnova (TSE) and Metall Mining (TSE) have agreed to combine their mining and financial strength in a bid to develop the Izok Lake copper-zinc property in the Northwest Territo…

Daily trading volumes were relatively strong during the week ended March 17, ranging between 5.2 million and 8.3 million shares, but both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index stumbled. T…

A first-phase exploration program scheduled to begin in early April is being planned by Melinga Resources (VSE) for the Griffin Lake property and Kognak River property in the District of Keewatin, N.W…

Support for a grassroots government lobbying effort launched by prospectors in the Timmins area has gained widespread support throughout northern Ontario. The group behind the effort is growing increa…

A recently signed option agreement between Cream Silver Mines (VSE) and Doromin Resources (VSE) gives Cream Silver the right to earn an 80% interest in Doromin’s George property in the northwest Mores…

Owners of the South Kemess copper-gold project have filed the first of two documents required for approval of mine development with the British Columbia government. El Condor Resources (VSE) and St. P…

Copper will rise to US$1.40 per lb. in 1993 and US$2 in 1995 says consultant William Hill of MPH Consultants Ltd. Hill, who has 25 years of experience in consulting to the copper industry, was speakin…

Joint venture partners Texas Star Resources (VSE) and Harrison Western Mining recently signed a deal with a subsidiary of Cyprus Minerals (NYSE) to fund a bankable feasibility for the Keystone project…

As environmental hearings on Ontario Hydro’s 25-year, demand-supply plan enter their second year, the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) is growing increasingly concerned about the direction the plan is…

Gold production in 1991 totalled 312,665 oz., Cambior (TSE) reports, up by 31% from the previous year. Net earnings plunged, however, to $13.9 million from $23.9 million in 1990 on about the same reve…

A second-phase exploration program is now in progress at the Aldebaran project under option to Arizona Star Resource (TSE) in north-central Chile. Arizona Star is earning a 51% interest in the propert…

The third annual Norman Keevil Memorial Hockey Game will be played March 30 at Toronto’s Moss Park Arena, 140 Sherbourne St., in conjunction with the convention of the Prospectors and Developers Assoc…