Aurora busy in Ontario, Quebec
Vancouver — Junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) is exploring seven projects in Ontario and Quebec, while, at the same time, seeking partnerships with major companies.At its Foy project, near Sudbury, Ont….
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EPA needs more than soul-searching
It is not possible to please all of the people all of the time, and if the wildly divergent comments received during a recent online discussion are any indication, the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag…
A black name for Black Rock
The mother of all recent Arizona “desert dirt” plays was the project of International Precious Metals (IPM), 90 miles west of Phoenix.IPM started as a small-scale explorer of platinum, with shares tra…
Great Quest eyes Kenieba (August 20, 2001)
Vancouver — Great Quest Metals (GQ-V), a firm believer that gold prices will be heading higher, has added the Kenieba concession to its portfolio of gold properties in Mali, West Africa.The junior ca…
New showings reported at Nunavik
Vancouver — An independent sampling program at the Nunavik copper-nickel property in northern Quebec has confirmed the presence of platinum-palladium mineralization in the Expo-Ungava deposit, with f…
Atlas Copco buys parts supplier
Swedish-based eqipment manufacturer Atlas Copco has bought Christensen Products, a division of Kansas-based Layne Christensen.Christensen Products is a leading supplier of diamond core drill rigs.The …
Correction (August 20, 2001)
The gold exhibit at the Pacific Mineral Museum in Vancouver, B.C., is slated to begin Oct. 1 and run until Nov. 4. Incorrect information appeared in our Aug. 6-12 issue.
Hair appointed head of ICMM
Conservationist Jay Hair has been appointed secretary general of the London-based International Council on Mining and Metals, the successor organization to the International Council on Metals and the …
PEOPLE (August 20, 2001)
TGW — William Fisher appointed president.Valerie Gold– Stephen Wilkinson appointed director.
Niobec strike settled (August 20, 2001)
Hourly rated employees at the Niobec niobium mine in the Lac St.-Jean area of Quebec have returned to work following a 9-day strike. Owners Cambior (CBJ-T) and Mazarin (MAZ-T) reached an agreement wit…
NAP earnings slide in expansion phase
Although less profitable than a year ago, North American Palladium (PDL-T) earned a healthy $5.3 million during the three months ended June 30 as revenue topped $19.3 million.The 10-per-share earning…
Program tests Agnew Lake
South African major Anglo American Platinum has approved a $1.2-million budget for the Agnew Lake platinum group metals project in the Sudbury region of Ontario.Agnew Lake is owned by New Millennium M…