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Editorial: Uzbekistains

“I’m prepared to rip off the heads of 200 people, to sacrifice their lives, in order to save peace and calm in the republic . . . If my child chose such a path, I myself would rip off his head.”…



Stillwater posts loss

Vancouver — The Stillwater and East Boulder mines failed to turn a profit for Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) in the first quarter, though they did generate enough revenue to boost the c…


Banro aims to boost resources in DRC

Vancouver — Putting political uncertainty and previous disputes with old regimes behind it, Banro (BAA-V) is back in the gold exploration business in the Democratic Republic of Con…



Starfield cuts massive sulphides

Vancouver — Results from Starfield Resources‘ (SRU-V) 2004 drilling campaign on its Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-PGM project have traced footwall platinum group metal (PGM) minerali…



Mining in Arizona

The Southwest is the United State’s richest storehouse of metals and industrial minerals, and is likely to remain so for many years….


Standard Uranium enters Wyoming

The Powder River Basin of northeastern Wyoming was previously one of the United States’ most prolific uranium camps, but weak markets in the 1980s meant the end of most productive mining there. Now, a…


The variation between estimates and recovery of the Klondike area dredge.

Letter to the editor: Hester vs. Kavanagh, round II

While I thank Paul Kavanagh for his response (T.N.M., May 14-20) to my contribution to Odds ‘n’ Sods (T.N.M., April 22-28), I am driven to question his recollection about the accuracy with which drill…


Robert Spence

Robert (Bob) Spence, a former advisor to the Minister of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, has died at age 81 following a brief battle with cancer….



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