Kinross joins Globex at Duquesne West
Kinross Gold (K-T) has agreed to pick up a 20% stake in the Duquesne West gold property, 25 km northwest of Rouyn-N…
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Lac des les suffers setback (September 17, 2002)
Just when it looked like things were beginning to improve, North American Palladium (PDL-T) has been forced to temp…
Trading Summary (September 16, 2002)
After falling early, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold stocks climbed through the day to put in a 3.41-point or 1.7…
Ashton eyes Stellaria
Vancouver — A 5.83-tonne sample collected from the Potentilla kimberlite has confirmed the presence of commercial-…
Echo Bay restates to a loss (September 16, 2002)
Edmonton-based gold and silver miner Echo Bay Mines (ECO-T) has restated its second-quarter, per-share results to r…
Inco inks Thompson pact (September 16, 2002)
Members of the United Steelworkers’ Local 6166 at Inco’s (N-T) Thompson, Manitoba operations approved a new three-y…
Odyssey grabs Turkish prospect (September 16, 2002)
Odyssey Resources (YOD-V) has a drill on its way to the Trab 23 copper-gold-molybdenum prospect 75 km south-southea…
Red Lake exploration shines
Underground drilling at the Red Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario has cut the deepest and richest section of mineralization ever found there, reports Goldcorp (G-T).Hole 37-032AW returned an asto…
The Trouble Makers
Among the edifying spectacles of the recent World Summit on Sustainable Development were the speeches and public pronouncements of political leaders from three of the major mineral-producing countries…
Diamond Fields takes Trans Hex to court (September 16, 2002)
Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) has filed a claim with the High Court of South Africa seeking US$19.5 million in damages from its former partner, Trans Hex Group.On July 1, the South African mine…
Exchange Rates (September 16, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateSept. 10Sept. 9Sept. 6Sept. 5Sept. 4US$ in C$1.57201.56561.56341.
Obituary: Richard Geren
Richard Geren, largely responsible for the development of the iron ore industry in the Schefferville region of Quebec in the 1950s, has died. He was 85.After graduating from Ohio State University with…