BASE METALS — Feasibility study improves Ramu
The final feasibility study on the Ramu nickel-cobalt project, while not yet complete, is already returning better-than-anticipated results.Owners Highlands Pacific and Nord Pacific (NPF-T) report tha…
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Index (June 29, 1998)
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BASE METALS — Aripuana resource grows
A preliminary resource calculation at the Aripuana property in northern Mato Grosso state, Brazil, shows a 7-million-tonne resource in the property’s Valley deposit.The estimate, done for Ambrex Minin…
BASE METALS — Asarco sells lead mines
In order to focus on its main business of copper production, Asarco (AR-N) has liquidated some of its other base metal assets.The New York-based company has agreed to sell its lead division in Missour…
BASE METALS — Spokane junior picks up Chilean silver property
Spokane-based junior Mines Management (MNMM-O) has signed a letter-of-intent with a Chilean company for a chance to acquire the Chanarcillo silver property in an area also known for its copper potenti…
BASE METALS — Rubicon gears up for drilling — Atna options Rubicon’s elephant base metal project in Alaska
The onset of warmer weather has prompted Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) to launch drill programs at two gold-rich base metals projects in Newfoundland.A 5-hole program of between 1,500 to 2,000 metres will …
Meetings (June 29, 1998)
June 29, ArimexJune 29, Altaur GoldJune 29, AumineJune 29, BrexJune 29, Cable CopperJune 29, CaboJune 29, Can WestJune 29, Columbia MetalsJune 29, CromwellJune 29, Davidson TisdaleJune 29, Dynacor .Ju…
Imperial hopes to stave off closure of Mount Polley mine
Buckling under the strain of low metal prices, Imperial Metals (IMP-T) is seeking concessions from all stakeholders in order to improve the financial conditions of its two new mines in the central par…
Blue Emerald plans drilling
Blue Emerald Resources (BER-V) is set to begin a 1,000-metre reverse-circulation drill program at its 6,400-ha Quebrada de Oro property in northern Nicaragua.The 6-hole program is designed to test thr…
BASE METALS — Junior busy in Buchans
Working on the principle that the best place to find a new mine is near an old one, Buchans River (BUV-A) has added to its already sizable land position in the Buchans base metal mining camp of centra…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Regulators question Golden Eagle find
Trading in Golden Eagle International has been suspended by the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission amid controversy surrounding the company’s claims that it has discovered a large gold deposit in …
EDITORIAL — ‘Desert dirts’ exactly that — NAA should be last word
“The gold exists,” potential investors are told, “but conventional assaying can’t detect it because the metal is associated with platinoids (or encapsulated by other minerals, or tied to microclusters…