Trendy trinkets and exotic accessories
Take a peek into a jewelry store, and diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires are pretty much all you’re likely to see. These are the gemstones most widely considered to be “precious,” and those that…
News
Crystallex gets Cristinas numbers (September 22, 2003)
A feasibility study on the Las Cristinas gold project in Bolivar state, Venezuela, has concluded that a 300,000-oz.-per-year operation would be economic at present gold prices, and project operator Cr…
NovaGold Funds work in Alaska
Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) will raise $25 million by issuing common shares and share purchase warrants in order to finance exploration of the Rock Creek and Nome properties in Alaska.The …
Banro looks to Twangiza project
Vancouver — Some eight years after gaining a foothold in the politically unstable but mineral-rich Democratric Republic of Congo and five years since the government took its exploration projects away…
A sure cure for depression
— The following is the second of two excerpts from Wesley Earl Dunkle: Alaska’s Flying Miner, recently published by University Press of Colorado. The 274-page book was written by Charles Caldwell Haw…
Jacobina restart economic: study
A feasibility study on the Jacobina gold mine in Brazil indicates it would be economic for operator Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T) to put the deposit back into production.The study by SNC Lavalin indicated…
Diamond smuggling crackdown in Sierra Leone
Authorities in Sierra Leone have launched a series of raids on illegal diamond offices operating in the eastern part of the gem-rich West African country.In mid-September police and officials from the…
When negligence costs
Every month, hundreds of claims come to this desk. Some of them are phonies. And I know which ones. How do I know? Because my little man tells me . . . the little man in here [points to abdomen]. Ever…
Pechiney says oui to sweetened deal
French aluminum producer Pechiney has accepted a new sweetened takeover offer from Alcan (AL-T).The new cash-and-share offer is worth 47.50 euros per share and includes a bonus of 1 euro per share, pr…
De Beers funds lab at U of A
A partnership between De Beers Canada and the University of Alberta has given rise to Canada’s first diamond research laboratory.The diamond miner will donate $100,000, which will be used for equipmen…
People (September 22, 2003)
Alcoa — Klaus Kleinfeld appointed director.Corriente — Anthony Holler appointed to board; Catherine Mcleod-Seltzer resigned as director.European Goldfields — Gordon Toll appointed dire…
Odyssey trenches Tavsan
Junior Odyssey Resources (ODX-V) has begun trenching its Tavsan property in hopes of uncovering a near-surface sediment-hosted gold deposit.Situated in western Turkey, Tavsan was first explored by Tec…