Champion’s Farim project takes shape
Champion Resources (CHL-V) has received encouraging results from 17 core holes drilled at its Farim phosphate project in Guinea-Bissau, the West African country sandwiched between Senegal and Guinea.T…
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Development slows in Latin America
In 1999, companies with significant exploration programs budgeted a total of $126.6 million on advanced Latin American gold projects — 32% less than in the previous year.Gold resources under developm…
Gold weakens in turbulent market
After a steep drop and a strong rise, the Dow Jones industrial average finished the report period ended Feb. 1 almost unchanged, up only 11.16 points, or 0.1%, in anticipation of an interest rate hike…
Cambior intersects Seogui gold
A first phase of drilling at the Seogui gold project in Guinea has returned heartening results for Cambior (CBJ-T).The 200-sq.-km property is 75 km southeast of the country’s only producing gold mine …
The South Africans are coming! (February 07, 2000)
Vancouver-based St. Jude Resources (SJD-V) has intersected more gold at its Hwini-Butre property in Ghana.The latest round of infill and stepout holes focused on the Adoikrom, Father Brown and Dabokro…
Queenstake eyes Magistral as low-cost producer
As smaller gold producers continue to struggle with gold prices below US$300 per oz., Denver-based Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) remains confident it can make the jump to production from exploration by…
Franco-Nevada revises projections
Lower head-grades and unexpected dilution in the Colorado Grande vein have induced Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) to revise production projections at its Ken Snyder mine in Nevada, north of the Carlin tr…
Diamonds sparkle at Cordilleran Roundup (February 07, 2000)
At the 17th annual Cordilleran Round-up, held here in late January, the mining community once again poked its head out from its winter hole to survey the surroundings. The prevailing mood was one of c…
‘Prairie gold’ controversy flares up again
American wildcatter Homer Bradley has long departed this world, but his legacy lives on in the ongoing search for “prairie gold” deposits in the Fort MacKay region of Alberta.In the past decade, sever…
Campbell hits record production
The Campbell Red Lake mine continues to expand, following record production of 71,317 tons in 1949. Work is currently focused on opening up a zone 600 ft. from the shaft on the mine’s deepest level. U…
Pickle Crow expands mine, mill
Owners of the Pickle Crow gold mine in northwestern Ontario say that drilling beneath the 1,600-level has uncovered more mineralization at depth. Plans include deepening the No. 3 shaft to 2,350 ft. T…
Stock increases dent optimism
In spite of some early-year optimism, metal markets are now having to cope with the reality of major increases in stocks on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Copper stocks climbed 27,200 tonnes; alumin…