Orvana resumes work at Don Mario
Vancouver-based Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has retained an engineering firm to update a May 1999 feasibility study for the Don Mario gold-copper deposit in Bolivia.The study, by Australia’s Minproc, will…
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Resurrection in store for Royal Oak
Better small than nothing at allIn exchange for shares, creditors of Royal Oak Mines have agreed to restructure, rename and seek a new public listing for the defunct company. Only non-voting shares of…
Billiton widens search for metals
Strong showings of polymetallic mineralization have prompted London-based Billiton to ink a deal with Altius Minerals (ALS-V) on that company’s Taylor Brook property in western Newfoundland.Billiton w…
IOCC founded, plans to raise millions for Quebec mines
The newly formed Iron Ore Company of Canada vows to raise $160 million to develop the infrastructure needed to mine the vast ore fields of northern Quebec and Labrador. As part of the deal between the…
Porcupine camp active after post-war doldrums
Mining companies at the Porcupine gold camp in Ontario are gaining the upper hand on production rates, which dwindled during the war. New discoveries at operating mines, the return of the workforce fr…
Asleep at the switch
In the early 1990s, he devoted his energies to stopping development of diamond deposits in Canada’s Northwest Territories, thankfully without success. Now John Turner has warned the world that Canada …
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Crown Butte — Karl Elers appointed president.Dayton — Scott Brunsdon appointed senior vp and CFO.DiamondWorks — Robert Rainey appointed acting president and CEO; John Firth appointed d…
EuroZinc
Amidst all the hype of the internet and high-tech stocks, Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) is showing just how profitable diamond mining can be.With the global diamond market bolstered by De Beers “Millennium…
Kinross warms to Greystar
Prior to an internal review of the company’s Angostura gold-silver project in Colombia, Kinross Gold (K-T) bought 104,000 shares of Greystar Resources (GSL-T) at 81 each. An additional 400,000 shares…
Yorkton analysts court Princess in Newfoundland Investment Commentary
Mining analysts Doug Leishman and Art Ettlinger are suggesting that speculative investors closely monitor the activities of Cornerstone Capital Resources (CTP-V), a junior company holding a large prop…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (December 20, 1999)
91.50 (-2.98)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…