Four directors of Band-Ore Resources (CDN) exercised options and sold shares in February. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, director Ronald McKeown exercised 50,000 option…
The federal government is determined to maintain a healthy mining industry within the context of sustainable development, Natural Resources Minister Anne McLellan told delegates at the recent Mineral …
The Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores), one of the fastest-growing stock markets in the world, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The Bolsa is already the largest of the world…
The political action committee of locals 5417 and 5980 of the United Steelworkers of America, representing workers at Rio Algom’s Stanleigh uranium mine at Elliot Lake, Ont., has started up its “Ontar…
Vancouver-based Canada Tungsten (TSE), together with its subsidiaries, is selling its interests in the Kremzar gold mine to Van Ollie Explorations (CDN) and three partners. The mine, 40 km northeast o…
Last year, China imported almost a million tonnes of copper units in concentrate and other forms, and refined copper stocks increased by more than 200,000 tonnes. Any change in economic activity in th…
The president of the Toronto Stock Exchange will retire at the end of 1994. “I’m pleased to be leaving the exchange when it’s in such good financial condition and at a time when we have moved into a p…
Junior Athena Gold (VSE) has retained an independent firm of engineering consultants to prepare a prefeasibility report on the Talapoosa gold-silver project in Nevada. Athena now owns all of Talapoosa…
The McKenzie Break gold project 35 km north of Val d’Or, Que., might lend itself to small-scale mining of 10,000-12,000 oz. per year. Western Quebec Mines (TSE) is evaluating the economies of such an …
The Seabright legal case has been concluded. The Australian owners of Westminer Canada have decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. In January, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal upheld a r…
Mining investment and trade opportunities in Central Asia will be the focus of a conference June 9-10 in Denver, Colo. Delegates from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan and Tajikistan are scheduled to …
Fears of a rise in the Bank of Canada rate and a subsequent 75-100-point increase in the chartered bank prime lending rate took their toll on Canadian markets during the week ended May 10. In response…
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