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Ced-Or — Gilbert Godbout appointed director.Crew Development — Peter Barnes appointed president and CFO; John Darch appointed chairman and CEO; Jon Steen Petersen appointed director; Andreas Qvale a…

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Jan. 1-31, 2001 33rd Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Conference — Ottawa. Contact R.J. MacDonald. Tel: (613) 996-2283. Fax: (613) 996-9041.Jan. 11-13 Western Inter-University Geological Conference…

Results from a 2-year study have prompted Noranda (NOR-T) to acquire a majority stake in the Lady Loretta zinc-lead-silver desposit in Queensland, Australia.In 1998, Noranda signed a deal with Austral…

Joseph Gutnick, the Australian mining entrepreneur who recently assumed control of Tahera (TAH-T), is now poised to take the helm of St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T).Subject to regulatory approval, Bay Re…

Denver — After securing higher prices for platinum and palladium production at its namesake operation in southwestern Montana, Stillwater Mining (SWC-X) has secured long-term credit facilities worth …

As the Christmas season approaches, I recall a story that occurred more than 30 years ago.The Steep Rock iron mine, near Atikokan, Ont., was going to install a conveyor belt system that would transpor…

The joint annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada and the Mineralogical Association of Canada will be held at Memorial University in St. John’s, Nfld., from May 27 to 30, 2001.The meeti…

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