1993

Four holes have been drilled by Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) on its Sheraton-Timmins polymetallic project near Timmins, Ont. The first two were drilled to test a 1,200-metre-long electromagnetic (EM) con…

The demise of the Soviet Union has ironically left Cuba — romantically known as “the isle of eternal summer” — out in the cold. As a result, the country’s mining and metals sector is now desperately…

Encouraging results are reported from the first 11 holes of a 31-hole delineation program on the Hislop property in northeastern Ontario. Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE), with a 60% interest, is the operator o…

A new exploration company has been created by three Toronto-listed juniors. Muscocho Explorations, McNellen Resources and Flanagan McAdam Resources will transfer their respective interests in the Magi…

Increased production and a higher realized gold price of US$404 per oz. enabled Viceroy Resource (TSE) to post a 92% increase in net earnings for the 6-month period ended Sept. 30, over results achiev…

Some 27 million tonnes of material are moved annually at the open-pit Aitik copper mine of Boliden in northern Sweden, Mannesmann Demag reports. The equipment manufacturer has two large hydraulic shov…

Crystallex International (VSE) has appointed consultants Paulo Abib and Kilborn Engineering to provide engineering and project management of a proposed mill at its Albino concession in Venezuela. Euru…

While working at the Granduc mine at the Portal Camp in British Columbia in the 1960s, I was surrounded by the vast glaciers: Berenden, Frank Mackie, Little Salmon, Chicomen and the Leducs. Upon viewi…

Drilling on the Mountain View property in northern Nevada has returned gold-mineralized intersections. Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) is earning a 60% interest from Independence Mining and expects to compl…

Exploration programs for properties held by Tri Origin Exploration (TSE) were announced to shareholders and analysts at the annual meeting in Toronto. President Robert Valliant outlined a strategy of …

NovaGold Resources (TSE) is completing sampling, geophysics and geochemistry on its 70%-owned Pine Cove property, near Baie Verte, Nfld. Samples from the Romeo-Juliet structure have assayed as high 35…

The Canada Labour Relations Board has found that both Royal Oak Mines (TSE) and Local 4 of the Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers (CASAW) bargained in bad faith during labor negotiatio…