Ashanti, AngloGold boost reserves at Geita
Geita District, Tanzania — Tanzania’s mining renaissance owes much to the pioneering spirit of Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) and AngloGold (AU-N), which set out, in the late 1990s, to broaden their oper…
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Angus, Cabot explore for tantalum in Greenland
In January 2000, shortly after its formation, Angus & Ross obtained a 414-sq.-km exploration licence covering a tantalum-and-niobium-bearing deposit within the Motzfeldt Centre of the Igaliko nephelin…
PGM search intensifies in Ontario
An increasing interest from the majors and an ongoing price rally are adding momentum to the search for platinum and palladium deposits in northern Ontario. At last count, more than a dozen companies …
Ashanti Goldfields on sound footing, Jonah says
The past year was challenging for all gold companies, but Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) had the added task of rebuilding after a failed hedging program splashed red ink over its balance sheet in the fall…
Birch audit finds ‘little precious metal’
A technical audit by outside consultants has concluded that exploration for “Prairie-style” gold mineralization in northeastern Alberta, currently being pursued by Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-V), ha…
Desert-dirts back at it
Science moves but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point. What Tennyson didn’t add was that pseudo-science just keeps going in circles. Thus several companies, all quoted on the over-the-coun…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 12, 2001)
Date March 6 March 5 March 2 March 1 Feb. 28HighLow…
Barrick returns to Archean roots at Buly
Bulyanhulu District, Tanzania — Even with scorched red soil and unmistakably African vegetation, it isn’t difficult to imagine the Lake Victoria gold camp as a southern cousin to Canada’s famous Abit…
Anatolia cuts gold grades
Denver — Assays from the first five holes drilled at the Cukurdere copper-gold target in eastern Turkey have returned impressive gold grades.Partners Anatolia Minerals Development (YMC.U-V) and Rio T…
A toast to progress and people Making it happen
Things are looking up in the mining business, at least relative to last year when dark clouds gathered over the otherwise successful Mining Millennium 2000, a conference organized by the Prospectors &…
PEOPLE (March 12, 2001)
Bolivar — Eric Pinkney appointed director.Consolidated Pine Channel — Richard Walker appointed president.Expatriate — Walter Segsworth appointed director.Goldcorp…
Northern Miner Indices (March 12, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.7ComincoCLT-T4.5FalconbridgeFL-T6.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.8Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.0Homestake MiningHM-N3….