1997

A switch to hydroelectric power from diesel is expected to improve the bottom line for junior gold producer Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (AAGM-C).The junior company operates a small gold mine in Ghana …

Rio Algom’s Quirke uranium mine was originally developed, along with the Panel mine and 10 other Elliot Lake operations, between 1955 and 1958.Back in the late 1950s, I was an underground worker at th…

Rouyn-Noranda-based Richmont Mines (RIC-T) has made a bid to take over Montreal-based Louvem Mines (LOV-T).Richmont’s bid is by way of an exchange for all the issued and outstanding shares of Louvem M…

After a year of involvement in acquisitions and takeovers, William Resources (WIM-T) is turning its attention to improving gold production.”We are now focusing on operations,” President Stan Bharti to…

The Argentine subsidiary of Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) has entered into an option agreement with the Latin American subsidiary of Mincorp on the project known as El Dorado.The agreement requi…

Monopros, the exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-Q), has intersected kimberlite while drill-Testing a lake-based geophysical target in the southern portion of the AK property in the …

The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index lost 10.51 points over the report period ended June 3 to close at 990.08. The combined value of the Alberta Stock Exchange was also off, shedding 19.81 poi…

Third-phase diamond and reverse-circulation drilling has expanded drill-indicated gold and silver mineralization by more than 1,500 metres at Minefinders’ (MFL-V) Dolores property in Mexico’s Chihuahu…

Encouraging drill results have been reported following the first season of drilling at the Fin Del Mundo project on the southern tip of Argentina. The 3,413-Metre program consisted of 18 holes.Situate…