1996

The discovery of the fabulous “golden sidewalk” is said to be the most spectacular find of visible, on-surface gold made in the history of Canadian gold mining.Situated at Carr Lake, in northeastern O…

Heinz Schimmelbusch appointed president, chief executive officer and director; Thomas Kelly appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer; Robert Cudney, Jay Kellerman, Nils Kindwall,…

By 1992, I had spent 25 years as a teacher, yet my knowledge of the mining industry was, to say the least, inadequate.Words such as “exploration,” “extraction,” “processing” and “reclamation” were one…

It is disheartening that the New World gold-copper project has been permanently sidelined by an agreement that will see the mine’s owner, Crown Butte Resources, swap the Montana project for federal la…

John James appointed director.

Nell Dragovan appointed chairman; Leslie MacConnell and Robert Sibthorpe appointed directors.

The federal government of Canada has announced proposed changes to the income-tax treatment of producers of ammonite gemstones.The changes, which were proposed by Natural Resources Minister Anne McCle…

The Grandola joint venture has initiated drilling on the first of four planned holes in a program aimed at testing the central axis of the 3,000-metre-long Porto de Mel gravity anomaly on the Grandola…

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) resumes its speakers’ luncheons on Sept. 19, when the guest of honor will be Bernard Michel, chairman, president and chief executive offi…

Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has resumed trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, having cleared up the confusion over assay results from its Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario.Trading w…

A $2.5-million exploration program on the Bamingui River diamond property in the Central African Republic is under way, reports United Reef (URP-T).Trans Hex Group of South Africa, which holds a 35% i…

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