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The Dick and Bick Show or…

President of Evolving Gold Corp., Lawrence A. Dick, had struggled for years with this conundrum: How does a geologist balance running a public company with finding ore?

Roundup Review 07

Mineral Exploration Roundup 2007 "Leading the World in Exploration" was another exceptional event, with attendance exceeding expectations. The atmosphere in the conference halls of the Westin Bayshore...

B.C. on the Rise

Three mines opened in the province last year: the Trend and Wolverine-Perry Creek coal mines and the Table Mountain gold mine. At the end of 2006 there were more than 25 project submissions to governm...

Britannia Enhancement Project

Vancouver-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. is establishing itself as a leader in the treatment of acid-contaminated water through the use of its patented BioSulphide process and the ChemS...

More Mining in Yukon

A new hard rock mine is about to start production in Yukon, the first to open in a decade. Sherwood Copper's Minto copper-gold mine is the talk of the town because it's the most imminent. However, if ...

New Afton Looking Positive

Vancouver-based New Gold Inc. announced in early April the results of a feasibility study conducted on its 100%-owned New Afton copper-gold project, 10 km west of Kamloops in south-central British Col...

Stars Align for Mount Milligan

Today's much improved commodity market means many deposits that languished during the 1990s are being examined again. One of these is Mt. Milligan, in north-central British Columbia 155 km northwest o...

Yukon Back to Mining

The clich about the Yukon is of prospectors scouring the territory to make their fortune, but in fact there have been no mines operating in the territory since Viceroy Resources' shut down the Brewer...

Building Beneficial Relationships for All Sides

A most important group of stakeholders is the local community. The way mining companies manage their relationship with society is a critical factor in the success of their activities. Companies have c...

Computer System for Monitoring Conveyor Belt Joints

Companies that use belt conveyors in their transport systems aim to achieve highly productive and reliable systems, while concurrently ensuring efficient transport of material over large distances. Du...