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The government of British Columbia has officially launched a search-and-destroy mission on all but the most environmentally benign of new mine projects. The lethal instrument is Bill 32, alias the Env…

Earlier this year, juniors without a diamond property or Venezuelan gold concession in their portfolio had as good a shot at stirring market enthusiasm as a company flogging used dishrags. But while f…

The recent drop in copper prices and uncertainty over future prices have prompted Princeton Mining (TSE) to close the Similco open-pit copper mine near Princeton, B.C. The shutdown will take effect Se…

Toronto listed American Barrick has demonstrated a renewed commitment to its Holt-McDermott mine, 50 km north of here, by announcing an $8.7-million shaft-deepening project. The bullish news also send…

A key figure in the development of geophysical systems, Vaino Ronka, has died. A native of Finland, Ronka studied communications engineering and later geophysics at a university in Helsinki. After gra…

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Clearing its first major hurdle in Alaska, Echo Bay Mines (TSE) has received a permit from the city of Juneau to proceed with development of the A-J mine, Chairman Robert Calman told shareholders at t…

Re-activated just over one year ago, Exall Resources (TSE) now has more than 20 employees operating out of its Mexican office, Vice-president of Exploration Peter Holmes told shareholders at the annua…

A private placement has been arranged by San Andreas Resources (VSE) to fund ongoing work at its Prairie Creek project, 500 km west of Yellowknife, N.W.T. Recent work has focused on a flat-lying, stra…

Consultant James Tilsley has come up with a unique analogy to explain why diamond grades vary dramatically within kimberlite pipes. He tells the uninitiated to imagine a kimberlite pipe as a mixed bun…

Increased prices of Venezuelan concessions have prompted junior companies to investigate opportunities in neighboring Guyana and Suriname. A recent entrant, Cathedral Gold (TSE), acquired an option to…

A sharp drop in copper and potash prices in April led to a new cyclical low for the metal and mineral sub-index of the Bank of Nova Scotia’s commodity price index. Base metal prices continue to be pla…