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Taseko aims for Gibraltar restart
The Gibraltar mine has a new lease on life now that
Imperial discovery lifts Mount Polley
Correction (April 26, 2004)
In our March 26-April 1 issue, we incorrectly attributed an article titled “Funding for the responsible” to Abigail Tamakloe. The article was written by Rashad Kaldany, director of the Oil, Gas, Mining & Chemicals Department of the World Bank Grou…
Lowering the flag
The announcement by N.M. Rothschild & Sons, the London banking firm that has presided over the daily gold price fix since 1919, that it would withdraw from the bullion and commodity trading business in London, has shocked some in the gold business…
Nevada Pacific drills silver project
Drill results add to resource at Subriso
Vancouver — Results from diamond drilling by
Aber appoints O’Neill as Harry Winston head
Having just acquired a controlling stake in the “jeweler to the stars,”
Palladon drills Utah copper project (April 26, 2004)
Vancouver —
Chile to levy charge on mining companies
Chile will impose a charge on mining companies operating there in an effort to ensure that the country receives more benefits from its mineral wealth. The charge will be tied to companies’ sales and take into account their profits.
Gold could move higher
Economic and political instability could push gold to US$450 per oz. this year, according to a survey by London-based Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS).
US mining laws among most stringent
I am disappointed that your editorial staff would let slip a statement continuing the fallacious concept that U.S. mining law has remained unchanged for over a century (T.N.M., April 2-8/04).