Billiton eyes Kazan project
Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V) will issue 800,000 units, at 25 apiece, to London-based Billiton to finance preliminary exploration at the Kazan copper-gold project, near Baker Lake in Nunavut.Units c…
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Falconbridge buys Montcalm outright
AvestaPolarit, of Finland. – A revised deal between Falconbrige (FL-T) and Finnish miner Outokumpu gives the former a 100% interest in the Montcalm nickel-copper deposit, near Timmins, Ont.In 2000, Fa…
Gold demand sets record
Worldwide demand for gold rose a record 5% between the first quarters of 2000 and 2001.The World Gold Council reports that demand for gold jewelry and personal investment in the world’s 27 leading gol…
More mines, fewer parks
The original idea of a national, state and provincial parks was to set aside an area of outstanding natural beauty and interest, such as Yellowstone National Park in Montana, to be managed and maintai…
Silver fabrication demand up in 2000
Demand for products made with silver grew by more than 5% in 2000, according to a survey compiled by London-based Gold Fields Mineral Services and published by the Silver Institute in Washington, D.C….
More gold at Intidougou
Drilling by Orezone Resources (ORZ-T) and its Australian partner, Delta Gold, has intersected more near-surface gold at the Intidougou project in Burkina Faso.The partners sank 15 reverse-circulation…
Positive prefeasibility at Kisladag
Vancouver — Junior Eldorado Gold (ELD-V) has tabled a positive prefeasibility study for its wholly owned Kisladag project in western Turkey.The study proposes a 3.4-million-tonne-per-year operation t…
NAME CHANGES (June 04, 2001)
Quinto Mining (QU-V) has changed its name to Quinto Technology (QU-V) on a 1-new-for-1-old-share basis.Wamco Resources (WAM-V) has changed its name to Wamco Technology Group…
Emily Ann takes shape under LionOre
Development work is proceeding on schedule at the Emily Ann underground nickel-copper project in Western Australia.In December 2000, LionOre Nickel, the 70%-owned Aussie subsidiary of LionOre Mining I…
Kimberlite eludes BHP
The much-anticipated assay results from sulphide intercepts on the Moose property in northeastern Manitoba returned only anomalous values for partners BHP (BHP-N) and New Blue Ribbon Resources (NBL-V)…
Kazakstan hosts conference
Canada, Australia and Finland head the list of countries expected to participate in KazMin & KazMet 2001, Kazakstan’s seventh conference on mining, exploration and related equipment.About 5,000 visito…
Silver in germ-resistant homes
Silver is being used in hundreds of small consumer items to help fight bacteria, but a 100-year-old steel manufacturer is taking silver-containing products to the next level by building the first germ…