News – 26-MAR-01 (March 26, 2001)

INDEX

Aber10

Agnico-Eagle16

AngloGold3

Ashanti3

Atna1

Aurogin3

Balaclava3

BandOre6

Barrick2

Bema2

BHP6

Billiton1

Boliden16

Cameco6, 15

Cominco1, 16

Consol. Oasis6

Corriente3

Crew Dev.3

De Beers2, 6, 10

Delta Gold2

Diamond Fields6

El Bravo3

Eldorado1

Expatriate1

Falconbridge15, 16

Freewest1

Glamis10

Goldfields15

Homestake2

Hudson Bay2, 16

Iamgold3

Idaho15

Int’l Northair3

Kensington6

Leadville3

Manhattan2

Marum6

Montello6

Namibian6

New Blue Ribbon6

Noranda2, 15, 16

Outokumpu15

Pele Mt.6

Placer Dome2

Radius Expl.10

Rio Tinto2, 6, 10

SouthernEra15

Teck2

Tombstone10

Trans Hex6

Tri-X3

Ursa15

Wheaton3

REGULAR DEPARTMENTS

Careers11

Classified15

Drillers14

Editorial4

Investment Commentary10

Metal Prices9

Metals Commentary10

New Horizons4

Odds ‘N’ Sods4

Professional Directory12, 13

Stock Tables7-9

Subscription Services15

MEETINGS

March 28 MacMillan — annual, special

March 28 Masuparia — annual, general

March 28 Newmex — annual, general

March 29 Manson Creek — annual

March 29 Taseko — annual, extraordinary

March 29 Vedron — annual, special

March 30 Ariel — annual, general

March 30 Bonanza Silver — annual, general

March 30 Century Gold — annual, special

March 30 Chabela — annual, general, special

March 30 Chilean Gold — annual

March 30 Golden Raven — annual, general

March 30 Goodfellow — annual, extraordinary

March 30 GWR Res. — annual

March 30 Touchstone — annual

April 3 Red Emerald — general, extraordinary

April 3 Unigold — annual, general,

April 5 Cons. Stone — annual, general

April 5 Plata — annual, general, extraordinary

April 10 Eureka — annual, general

April 10 Int’l Coromandel — annual, general

April 12 Adulis — annual, general, special

April 12 Aurcana — annual, general,

April 12 Buffalo Head — annual

April 12 Cash Res. — annual, general

April 12 Kermode — annual

April 12 Orogrande — annual, special

April 16 Golden Treasure — annual, general

April 17 Ateba — annual

April 18 Burlington — annual

April 18 Falconbridge — annual

April 18 Suncor Energy — annual, general

April 19 Gastar — annual, special

April 19 Norwood — annual

April 20 Cadre Res. — annual, general

April 20 Chapleau — annual, general

April 20 Goldcliff — annual, extraordinary

April 20 Gowest — annual, special

April 20 Hyder Gold — annual, general

April 23 Anooraq — annual, general

April 24 Canaco — annual, general, special

April 24 Greenville — annual, special

April 24 Terrastar — annual, general

April 25 Inco — annual, special

April 25 Placer Dome — annual, special

April 25 Poplar Res. — annual, general

April 25 Teck — annual, general

April 26 Abitibi Cons. — annual

April 26 Alcan — annual, general

April 26 Aur — annual

April 27 Freewest — annual, special

May 3 Cameco — annual, general

May 24 Samex — annual, general

May 31 Agnico-Eagle — special

May 31 Sudbury Contact — annual

June 7 Tiomin

EVENTS

April 4-6 MEMS 10th Annual Conference — Westin William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa. Organizer: Mineral Economics and Management Society. Tel: (303) 273-3321. Fax: (303) 273-3314. E-mail: space@mines.edu. Web site: www.mines.edu/outreach/cont_ed/mems.html

April 17-18 Annual Northeastern Ontario Mineral Symposium — Sponsored by Sudbury Prospectors & Developers Association, Ontario Prospector’s Association and the Ontario gov’t. At the Ramada Inn, Sudbury, Ont. Contact Sue Gosselin at (705) 670-5620. E-mail: sue.gosselin@ndm.gov.on.ca. Web site: ontarioprospectors.com

April 17-19 MASHA (Annual Mining Health and Safety Conference) — Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Sudbury, Ont. Contact Lori Elliott, Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health Association. Tel: (705) 474-7233. Fax: (705) 472-5800. E-mail: lorielliott@masha.on.ca. Web site: www.masha.on.ca

April 18-19 10th Annual Calgary Mining Forum — Theme: New resources for the new economy. Ramada Hotel (downtown), Calgary, Alta. Contact: Alex Knox, Calgary Mineral Exploration Group Society. Tel: (403) 283-7597. E-mail: a.w.knox@cadvision.com. Web site: www.meg.calgary.ab.ca.

April 23-24 Investing in The Americas 2001 — Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort, Miami, Fla. Organizer: Int’l Investment Conferences. Tel: (305) 669-1963. Fax: (305) 669-7350. E-mail: iiconf@iiconf.com. Web site: www.iiconf.com

April 23-27 Integrated Mining and Land Reclamation Planning — Short course and workshop. Flamingo Hilton, Reno, Nev. Contact Yung Sam Kim. Tel: (925) 757-7547. Fax: (925) 757-7997.

April 24-27 Second Int’l Mining Conference: Zacatecas XXI Century — Zacatecas, Mexico. Organizer: Association of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists of Mexico (Zacatecas chapter). Tel: +524 922 0688. Fax: +524 922 0688. E-mail: villaave@prodigy.net.mx

April 26-27 Canadian Mining and Industrial Trade Show 2001 — McClelland Arena, Copper Cliff, Ont. Organized by DAC Marketing. Tel: (705) 673-5588. Fax: (705) 525-0626. E-mail: dac@vianet.on.ca. Web site: dac.shows.com

April 29-May 2 CIM 2001 Quebec (20th CIM Tradex) — In Quebec City, Que. Contact Chantal Murphy, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum. Tel: (514) 939-2710. Fax: (514) 939-2714. E-mail: smajor@cim.org. Web site: www.minespace2001.org

May 3-6 Regional Tectonics and Structural Control of Ore: The Major Gold Trends of Northern Nevada — Conference. Battle Mountain Convention Centre, Battle Mountain, Nev. Contact Laura Ruud, Geological Society of Nevada, Box 12021, Reno, Nev. 89510-2021. Phone: 775-323-3500. E-mail: gsn@mines.unr.edu. Web site: www.seismo.unr.edu/GSN

May 9-11 Titanium Dioxide 2001 — Conference. At the Renaissance Hotel du Parc, Montreal. Contact Scott Stephenson, Intertech. Tel: (207) 781-9800. Fax: (207) 781-2150. E-mail info@intertechusa.com. Web site: www.intertechusa.com

May 16-17 Cobalt Conference 2001 — Organized by Cobalt Development Institute. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Toronto. Tel: +44(0)1483 578877. Fax: +44(0)1483 573873. E-mail: 101637.2106@compuserve.com

May 23-25 — 37th Forum on Geology of Industrial Minerals 2001 — Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, B.C. Contact Susan Dunlop, B.C. Ministry of Mines and Energy. Tel: (250) 472-4347. Fax: (250) 472-4100. E-mail: sdunlop@uvic.ca

May 27-30 St. John’s 2001 — Joint annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada and Mineralogical Association of Canada. Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. Contact Doreen Peavey, Dept. of Mines and Energy. Tel: (709) 729-2301. Fax: (709) 729-3493. E-mail: dmp@zeppo.geosurv.gov.nf.ca. Web site: www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/stjohns2001

May 28-31 Sixth Int’l Symposium on Mining in the Arctic — Nuuk, Greenland. Contact Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum. Tel: 299 34 68 00. Fax: 299 32 43 02. E-mail: bmp@gh.gl. Web site: http://bmp.netnation.com

June 10-13 2001 Int’l Conference on Underground Infrastructure Research. Organizers: University of Waterloo, National Research Council of Canada, and Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies. Four Points Sheraton, Kitchener, Ont. Contact: CATT, Dept. of Civil Engineering, U of Waterloo. Tel: (519) 888-4770. Fax: (519) 746-6556. E-mail: uir2001@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca. Web site: www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/uir2001

July 7-10 DC Rocks 2001: 38th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium — Theme: Rock mechanics in the national interest. J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington. D.C. Contact Mark Cramer. Tel: (303) 771-2000. Fax: (303) 843-6232. E-mail: www.mcramer@expomasters.com. Web site: www.armarocks.org

Aug. 1-31 40th Annual Conference of Metallurgists — Toronto. Contact Louisa Davis, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Tel: (514) 939-2710. Fax: (514) 939-2714.

Sept. 17-19 Minerals Engineering Conference — Vancouver, B.C. Organized by Minerals Engineering Int’l. Contact A.J. Wills. Tel: +44 (0) 1326 312236 Fax +44 (0) 1326 318352. E-mail: bwills@min-eng.com. Web site: www.min-eng.com

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