TNR joins NovaGold in Alaska
Vancouver — Focusing on completing a full feasibility study over the 13-million-oz. Donlin Creek gold deposit, Nov…
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Partners agree to nuptials in Nunavut
Equal partners Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) have agreed to combine the two companies via a prev…
Golden Phoenix nixes Borealis deal
Citing issues that arose during its due diligence, Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) has rescinded the letter agreem…
Newmont wraps up Franco acquisition
Newmont Mining (NEM-T) announced on Sunday that it has wrapped up one prong of its proposed three-way merger deal b…
Renewed interest in BC
British Columbia’s Liberal government demonstrated its commitment to mining by improving and harmonizing the 20% B.C. Exploration Tax Credit with the federal Exploration Investment Tax Credit. The pro…
Tanzanite-terrorism link questioned
Several parties involved in the tanzanite trade are attempting damage control after reports surfaced that the gemstone was being used to fund terrorist activity.The group representing major stakeholde…
Kaiser files for protection (February 18, 2002)
Faced with a heavy debt load, depressed metal prices and a broad economic slowdown, Houston-based Kaiser Aluminum (KLU-N) and its operating subsidiary, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical, have filed for bankr…
Experiments could explain gold’s forms
Experiments at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst may help explain why gold is found in two forms: as a solid in deposits in the earth and in water solution, far from such deposits.The tests w…
Bright forecast for silver
Silver halide photography is poised to grow, according to Donald Franz, publisher of the Florida-based Photofinishing News.Demand for silver in halide-based photography and digital imaging is expected…
Mining operations keep Inmet profitable
Buoyed by operating earnings from all three of its mines, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) closed the year with a net profit of $18.9 million (44 per share) on revenue of $106.8 million.The figure was a substant…
Extraordinary items
It was a scandal when, five years ago, some divisions of the American optical manufacturer Bausch & Lomb (the makers of Ray-Ban shades) were discovered to have been booking orders as revenue. Heads ro…
Prospecting in Wekusko, Part 2
In the fall of 1955, my prospecting partner, Einar Sanden, and I transported a diamond drill rig to the east shore of Crowduck Bay in northern Manitoba to explore a new lithium prospect. I had the tem…