Correction (December 02, 2002)
An article on the third-quarter results of Black Hawk Mining ( ) (T.N.M., Nov. 25/02) identified mineralized zones in the Santa Rosa area, south of the Limon mine in Nicaragua, as “steep-dipping veins…
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Mud slide kills one at Antamina
A mudslide in early November at the Antamina copper-zinc mine in Peru has claimed the life of one employee of Compania Minera Antamina.The 240,000-cubic-metre slide also covered several pieces of heav…
Zircons and the zeitgeist
It has come to light that the Royal Ontario Museum plans to close the Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, part of its Department of Earth Sciences.The lab, which bears the name of one of the giant…
Chihuahua lures Anglo
Vancouver — Looking to gain a foothold in Mexico’s Chihuahua state, Anglo American (AAUK-Q) has teamed with Western Copper Holdings (WTC-T) to explore 145 sq. km in the historic Almoloya zinc-lead-si…
Mining Nevada in the early ’40s
Everybody knew that the hills of Nevada had been scoured by countless prospectors and that most deposits exposed at the surface had been discovered. But workable deposits are rare, and scattered over …
Applied stats examples are documented
Prof. Alastair Sinclair, whose letter appeared in your Nov. 4 issue, was present when I taught a short course on sampling precious metals deposits at the University of British Columbia in 1989.He did …
Spot Prices Wed. November 27, 2002 Courtesy of Scotiabank (December 02, 2002)
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$318.20-0.80Silver$ 4.44-0.11Platinum$587.00-6.00…
Northgate advances Kemess North project; Botwood
Vancouver — Encouraging drill results have prompted Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) to launch a prefeasibility study at its Kemess North gold-copper project in central British Columbia.The results conf…
Donner bucks trend as junior market slides
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange remained in a bear mood during the report period ended Nov. 26. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index lost 2.2 points, or 0.23%, and closed at 942.59.In wh…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, NOV. 20-26
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAsia Pac Res*Q243120.060.040.050.00…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, NOV. 20-26
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N41454225.1622.2824.50+1.96…
Atna eyes Carlin prospects
Vancouver — Branching out from its base metal roots, Atna Resources (ATN-T) has agreed to acquire several prospective gold mining claims in Nevada’s prolific Carlin trend.Among these are the Triple J…