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The Rock Creek mine

Throughout history, the demand for commodities has been constantly increasing. It is difficult to foresee a reversal of this trend. Between China and India alone, roughly 2 billion people are on the verge of becoming middle-class consumers. Good o…


Copper bugs in Chile

Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the state-owned king of copper producers, could be the first major mining company to build an industrial-scale copper plant that employs heat-loving bacteria as processing agents.


Knight translates knowledge into honour

Renowned German geologist Hans Cloos once wrote that his ilk translate the Earth’s language into their own through trained senses and disciplined thinking. Ian Knight, a geologist with the Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey (NLGS), is one…


US not just idiots

Carolyn Parrish, as an English teacher, describes things as she sees them (re. Idiot’s guide to Parliament, T.N.M., Sept. 3-9/04).



Gold Fields explores Committee Bay

Gold Fields (GFI-N) has added $880,000 to the exploration budget for the Committee Bay gold project, northeast of Baker Lake, N.W.T. The project is a joint venture with Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V).


Guinor drills new zone

Drilling by Guinor Gold (GNR-T) at the Lero mine in eastern Guinea has encountered new zones of gold mineralization both below two existing pits and along strike from known resources.


Kupol results propel Bema higher (October 04, 2004)

Strenghtening gold prices, coupled with the release of excellent drill results from the Kupol project in Russia’s Far East, propelled shares in Bema Gold (BGO-T) more than 15% higher on Sept. 23 to $2.84.


A Kluane portable core-drilling rig in operation at Corriente Resources' Mirador copper project in Ecuador.

Corriente updates Mirador (October 04, 2004)

Vancouver — A new resource estimate for the Mirador copper-gold project in southeastern Ecuador augurs well for Corriente Resources (CTQ-T), which plans to build a 20,000-to-25,000-tonne-per-day operation.


Metallic halts mining

Owing to lower-than-expected gold and silver production, Reno-based Metallic Ventures Gold (MVG-T) has suspended mining at its Esmeralda project in northwestern Nevada.




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