La Pitarilla boosts Silver Standard’s resources
Vancouver — Drill results from the Pitarilla and Maverick Springs properties, in Mexico and Nevada respectively, have enabled
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Xstrata mothballs Windimurra
Despite high vanadium prices, London-listed diversified miner
Partners to accelerate Tirisano (May 24, 2004)
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Teck back at Pogo
An agreement with the Northern Alaska Environmental Center (NAEC) has allowed construction to resume at
Axmin to expand stake in Bouroum
A bankable feasibility study of the Bouroum gold deposit in Burkina Faso has been completed, and
Dimmell new PDAC president
Former Noranda geologist Peter Dimmell is the new president of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada.
Scholarship to honour Ward
A scholarship in memory of geologist Marie-Claire Ward will be presented to a student enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in geology at a Canadian university.
Export gains in Peru
Surging metal prices and higher demand from China caused the value of Peru’s mining exports to rise to US$1.51 billion in the first quarter, representing a 52.3% increase over the comparable period in 2003.
People (May 24, 2004)
Miramar expands Hope Bay mineralization (May 24, 2004)
Vancouver — Drilling by
Diavik ahead of design capacity
Although grades are being hampered by the processing of mud-rich kimberlite material surrounding the A-154 South orebody, the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories is operating at levels comfortably ahead of design capacity rates of 1.5 million…
Daily Metal Prices (May 24, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…