Prospectors

The Prospectors were a little band of gypsies camped in a vacant corner of the walled city.

Chickenhawk Mason, Robert 1983

The Prospectors are the money-driven go-getters who value status symbols, don’t like nonconformity much and can, essentially, be persuaded to do something because it’s cool.

The post-Rennard era Alix Mortimer 2009

Sean Ashcroft , president of the Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders Association, says a proliferation of red tape has also made prospecting harder in recent years.

Australians Catch Gold-Mining Fever David Fickling 2011

Now, capital markets have recovered and rising commodities prices have made mining projects attractive to a range of investors—from hedge funds to private-equity groups—she said on the sidelines of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto.

Chinese Investors Finding Fewer Opportunities in Mining Phred Dvorak 2011

Mr. Hooper is among 6,000 part-time or full-time gold prospectors who are active in Western Australia, according to the Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders Association of Western Australia, an industry group.

Australians Catch Gold-Mining Fever David Fickling 2011

NA Gold Washing in California, an 1896 engraving 1898 Prospectors discover gold in Klondike, Alaska, prompting the century's final gold rush.

Golden Years 2011

"What's most important to us is they retain the existing TSX structure and function, because it's unique," said Tony Andrews , executive director of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, which represents about 6,000 mining-exploration firms.

Grumbles in Canada Over LSE/TMX Tie-Up Phred Dvorak 2011

Prospectors had been eying the mineral rich reservation since the early 1920s, but it wasn't until 1938 that Congress passed a law giving the Navajo tribal council authority to issue leases.

Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010

Mike Savage , a fraud investigator with Ernst & Young, told firms at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada that payments to local government officials, especially in emerging countries, to open or keep the mine operating will be explicitly prohibited by new laws.

Miners Pressed Over Bribery Robert Guy Matthews 2011

Prospectors had been eying the mineral-rich reservation since the early 1920s, but it wasn't until 1938 that Congress passed a law giving the Navajo tribal council authority to issue leases.

Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010