Tungsten grades buoy Tiberon
Vancouver — Calgary-based Tiberon Minerals (TBR-V) has tabled more encouraging results from ongoing drilling at its Nui Phao Tungsten project in Vietnam.The latest holes, 32 and 33, were collared in …
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Few bright spots in down market
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 136.70 points, or 1.2%, to 11,175.84 during the report period ended June 5, while spot gold slumped to US$265.70 on the Comex division of the New Yor…
Drilling expands Hope Bay deposit
Vancouver — Drilling by partners Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) at the Hope Bay project in Nunavut has expanded the Boston South, Naartok, P112 and Suluk zones.At the newly discover…
Sudbury Contact drills Tonkin Springs
Denver — Drilling at the Tonkin Springs gold project in central Nevada is about to resume, in preparation for a new resource estimate.Toronto-based Sudbury Contact Mines (SUD-T), a 57%-held subsidiar…
Noranda, Falco sue Boliden
Noranda (NOR-T) and affiliate Falconbridge (FL-T) have filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Swedish-Canadian miner Boliden (BOL-T) and affiliated companies over Boli…
Ken Snyder sale closes
Shareholders of Normandy Mining (NDY-T) have approved the agreement with Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) under which Normandy will take over the Ken Snyder mine at the northern end of Nevada’s Carlin gold…
Safety improves despite Beatrix
The recent accident at the Beatrix gold mine has once again focused attention on the South African mining industry’s safety performance.This tragic event, which claimed 12 lives, shocked and saddened …
Mining: more than creating jobs
The Canadian mining industry is one of the few industrial sectors where Canadian knowledge, technology, expertise and corporate leadership dominate internationally. But it’s a position we must work ha…
De Beers discovers kimberlite sills at MZ Lake (June 11, 2001)
Exploration drilling by De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) has uncovered a series of near-surface, sub-parallel kimberlite sills in the MZ Lake area of the AK property in the Northwest Territories….
Metal Prices (June 11, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJune 5June 4June 1May 31May 30Aluminium1494/1511.50…
Lonmin freezes plans to boost stake in Ashanti
Denver — British-based platinum producer Lonmin says it has no plans to increase its stake in Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N), despite reports that the government of Ghana may be willing to sell some of i…
Fording’s Gardiner leads North American tour
By fall of this year, Fording Coal expects to have left the broad umbrella of railway giant Canadian Pacific and become a stand-alone, publicly traded company. In preparation for that event, President…