Kimberley to host conference
The historic city of Kimberley, South Africa, will host the World Diamond Conference Nov. 1-4.Nicky Oppenheimer, chairman of diamond mining giant De Beers Consolidated Mines, will present the opening …
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Abandoned mines get attention
Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has unveiled a $27-million program aimed at rehabilitating abandoned minesites throughout the province.Work will begin immediately on up to 30 open…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — JNR targets W Bear uranium
Vancouver-based JNR Resources (JNN-V) has started drilling at its West Bear property in northern Saskatchewan. The property is near the West Bear uranium deposit (124,000 tonnes grading 0.37% uranium)…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — NEWS ROUNDUP — Jaguar drills copper prospect
A drill program by International Jaguar Equities (JAG-V) is testing a copper-silver porphyry system at the Northwest copper prospect in the Taseko Lakes region, 200 km north of Vancouver, B.C.The 4-ho…
LME WHSE LEVELS (September 27, 1999)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 21/99 (change from Sept. 14 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Brit sale buoys gold
A weak U.S. dollar pushed the Dow Jones industrial average down 311.86 points, or 2.9%, for the report period ended Sept. 21.Spot gold, on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, jumpe…
NAME CHANGE (September 27, 1999)
Caesars Gold (CZA-V) has changed its name to Caesars Explorations (CZA-V) on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.
SPOT PRICES, Wed. September 22, 1999
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$262.60+$5.20Silver$ 5.26+$0.13…
Eastern Meridian eyes prospect
A letter agreement with a Mexican company sets the stage for Eastern Meridian Mining (EME-A) to acquire a half-interest in the Picachos gold-silver project in the southwestern part of Durango state.Th…
Coleraine wraps up work
Coleraine Mining Resources (CRI-T) has completed a summer drilling program on the Perron gold prospect at its Normetal property in northwestern Quebec.Nine holes totalling 1,505 metres were drilled, w…
Caribgold options claims
An agreement with Beaufield Consolidated Resources (BFD-V) sets the stage for CaribGold Resources (CG-T) to acquire a 50% interest in 400 claims in the Lac Evans area of northwestern Quebec.The proper…
Great Basin drills Ivanhoe
Armed with $6.3 million in financing, Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) has begun testing its Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin Trend.The target is bonanza-grade, gold-silver veins similar to those being min…