Cawse enters production
Australia’s Centaur Mining & Exploration (CEMGY-O) has achieved commercial production at Cawse nickel-cobalt mine in Western Australia.The open-pit laterite operation began producing cobalt in Decembe…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Vancouver star of Cordilleran Roundup
A technical session on diamonds, sponsored by De Beers Consolidated Mines, and an overview of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) and carbonate-hosted polymetallic deposits in Mexico are but a few of …
BOOK REVIEW — Latest Voisey’s book looks at social justice
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METAL PRICES TSE INDICES
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 12Jan. 11Jan. 8Jan. 7…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – EASTERN MARKETS — Spot nickel soars as base metal miners rally
World markets were jittery during the Jan. 6-12 report period, owing to concern over the economic health of Brazil. Capital fled out the Latin American powerhouse — including US$1 billion on Jan. 12 …
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – WESTERN MARKETS — Polymet a star of buoyant western market
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index rocketed past the 400 mark and finished the week ended Jan. 12 at 417.94, up 18.99 points, or 4.76%. Not to be outdone, the mining index jumped 11.13 point…
Companies (January 18, 1999)
Alta GoldAMT International MiningArgentina GoldAtna ResourcesAur ResourcesBarrick GoldBattle Mountain GoldBlackrock VenturesBolidenBolivar GoldfieldsBrandon GoldBroken Hill ProprietaryCent…
Atna completes Wolf earn-in
Junior Atna Resources (ATN-T) has completed its acquisition of a 65% interest in the Wolf property, a polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide target in the southern Yukon. The vendor and joint-vent…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Geotstat theorists pine for perfect world
Gary Raymond was kind when he mentioned that I had little knowledge of geostatistics (“Experience key to reliable geostat data,” T.N.M., Dec. 14-20/98), because I knew precisely nothing about it in th…
Jonpol, Ft. Knox to JV Newfoundland prospect
Two Toronto-listed junior companies are joining forces to explore a gold prospect on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland.An agreement between Jonpol Explorations (JON-T) and Fort Knox Gold (FNX-T) le…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – EASTERN MARKETS — Goldcorp gains on news of major financing (January 11, 1999)
The new year saw the triumphant birth of the euro, the new currency that will be used by 11 countries of the European Union, with the notable exception of Britain.During the Dec. 29-Jan. 5 report peri…
Rayrock boosts gold reserves (January 11, 1999)
Nevada gold miner Rayrock Resources (RAY-T) has substantially increased reserves at its three open-pit operations.Total reserves at the wholly owned Dee and Daisy mines and 66.6%-held Marigold mine no…