1994

Western markets appear to have slipped into the fall-winter doldrums despite the considerable amount of exploration activity taking place in the Southern Hemisphere. Gold is not helping matters, altho…

A report in our Oct. 17 issue incorrectly stated that Atlas (NYSE) will combine Granges (TSE), Hycroft Resources & Development (TSE) and Dakota Mining (TSE) into one company. Atlas does plan to initia…

A study on titanium by AME Mineral Economics of Australia indicates that chlorinatable slag will be the glamor TiO2 feedstock for the remainder of the decade. Projected balances show that the existing…

The government of Saskatchewan has unveiled a $10.5-million Training Plan to provide mining jobs in the province. Keith Goulet, minister of associate education, training and employment, signed the pla…

John Paterson appointed director.

Robert Franklin appointed director.

Richard Lo appointed director.

Drill data are being compiled at the Metates gold-silver property by partners Cambior (TSE) and Corporation Industrial San Luis S.A. in preparation for a mineral inventory estimate. Cambior is earning…

Having been active in Sonora state for some 30 years, it should come as no surprise that Campbell Resources (TSE) holds interests in a pair of Mexican gold mines. Last July, the company bought its sec…

Drilling on the Tacaza project in southeastern Peru has outlined a geological resource of 4.4 million tonnes grading 1.35% copper, based on a 0.5% cutoff. Kookaburra Resources (VSE) has drilled 7,700 …

In the aftermath of the Cold War and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union, countries have to earn their way on to the world stage. As a consequence, many emerging nations are bringing in new mi…

It is a good thing that mechanization has arrived in mines, as I don’t know where we would find people to muck out by hand today. The comparison of the use of the load-haul-dump machine versus mucking…