Munk wins lifetime achievement award
Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk praised the generosity of Canadian mining companies as he accepted a lifetime achievement award in mining finance for his “vision and risk-taking” and his role in makin…
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Pangea hits high grade
Infill drilling by Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) has encountered more high-grade gold mineralization at the Tulawaka property in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria Goldfields district.Tulawaka is a joint venture ow…
Goldcorp dogged by strikers
Officers of Goldcorp (G-T) faced off against an angry group of striking miners at a tense annual meeting held recently in Toronto.The workers, members of the United Steelworkers of America (Local 950)…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Russian palladium supplies up
Supplies of palladium from Russia rose by 1.15 million oz. to a record 8.4 million oz. in 1998. Meanwhile, exports of palladium from that same country rose by 1 million oz. to reach 5.8 million oz. –…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Saskatchewan gives prospectors short shrift
Perhaps my exploration experiences in Saskatchewan over the past four years may serve as a warning to other well-intentioned prospectors.In 1996, my company, Copperquest, optioned a property in northe…
MINING MARKET & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS –Winspear hits high note as Major General slumps
During the report period ended June 1, the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index was off 4.93 points to close at 452.71. The mining index slipped 1.88 points to finish at 311.64, while the combined…
DIAMOND PAGE — Jericho aims to join ranks of producers
The development of diamond mines in Canada’s North continues apace, with Tahera (TAH-T) proposing to build an operation in the new territory of Nunavut.Canada’s first diamond operation, the US$700-mil…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Ontex to begin exploring Brookbank
A first-phase drill program by Ontex Resources (ONT-A) is testing the 29,000-acre Beardmore-Geraldton property, northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.The property hosts the Brookbank deposit, which at last re…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Back-door victory — Congress saves Crown Jewel
The U.S. Congress recently used its considerable weight to overturn a bizarre technicality that had sidelined the plan of operations for the Crown Jewel gold project in the Okanagon Highlands of Washi…
PEOPLE — Kolyma Goldfields
Daniel Matthews appointed president; Michael Stannard appointed director.
PEOPLE — Asarco
Francis McAllister appointed chairman and CEO; Kevin Morano appointed president, COO and director; William Dowd appointed vp finance and CFO; Richard Osborne, Michael Nelligan, Manuel Pacheco and Jame…
INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Stillwater’s long-term prospects rosy: analyst
With palladium continuing to outperform many other commodities and showing positive supply-demand fundamentals, Stillwater Mining (SWC-X) is well-positioned for growth, says Wendell Zerb of Pacific In…