Aurizon drills deep at Casa Berardi
Follow-up deep drilling by Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) on the 118-120 zones at the Casa Berardi project in northwestern Q…
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M.I.M. soars on Xstrata talks
The Swiss company Xstrata is negotiating to buy rival M.I.M. Holdings of Australia, causing the latter’s stock to rise 22% to A$1.52 on the Australian Stock Exchange.Xstrata, the world’s fourth-larges…
Gold preserves wealth: report
If gold bullion had been introduced into an Australian investment portfolio in the past 5-10 years, it would have reduced the volatility of investment returns, according to a report by Pricewaterhouse…
AngloGold sees output rise
In a surprisingly strong third quarter, South Africa’s AngloGold (AU-N) managed to boost both its gold production and earnings while keeping a lid on costs.For the period ended Sept. 30, AngloGold pos…
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Russian bear ambles into Stillwater, Montana
Operational setbacks and a precipitous drop in palladium prices have prompted cash-strapped Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) to ponder the unthinkable and become a subsidiary to the world’s largest palladium…
Juniors keep exploration (barely) alive BC
Vancouver — Despite the implementation of one of the most attractive incentive programs in the country, mineral exploration in Canada’s westernmost province failed to ignite in 2002.In 2001, total fi…
Mining Nevada in the early ’40s
Everybody knew that the hills of Nevada had been scoured by countless prospectors and that most deposits exposed at the surface had been discovered. But workable deposits are rare, and scattered over …
Applied stats examples are documented
Prof. Alastair Sinclair, whose letter appeared in your Nov. 4 issue, was present when I taught a short course on sampling precious metals deposits at the University of British Columbia in 1989.He did …
Pele hopes Genesis is start of something big
Pele Mountain Resources’ (YPN-V) discovery of a significant diamond population in the Genesis showing at its Festival property near Wawa, Ont., has dramatically increased the potential for an economic…
Northgate advances Kemess North project; Botwood
Vancouver — Encouraging drill results have prompted Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) to launch a prefeasibility study at its Kemess North gold-copper project in central British Columbia.The results conf…