Major Drilling in Mongolia
Major Drilling’s Australian division, Major Pontil, will provide services to Ivanhoe Mines’ Turquoise Hill gold-copper discovery in southern Mongolia.The job will require at least seven rigs and calls…
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Higher output, earnings for Golden Star
Better-than-expected gold production and a higher realized price for that material led Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) to record solid earnings during the second quarter.The company earned US$1.6 millio…
Producer and Dealer Prices (August 12, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,750/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.95/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.30/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US…
San Martin guides Glamis to profitablity
Led by a strong operational performance at its wholly owned San Martin mine in Honduras, Glamis Gold (GLG-T) turned in some solid numbers for the second quarter of 2002.Gold production from its three …
Barrick drills for gold at Rimfire’s RDN project
Vancouver — Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) reports that Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has kicked off a 3,000-metre drilling campaign at the RDN project in northwest British Columbia, 40 km northwest of the Eskay Cr…
Minera Andes finds more gold in Argentina
Vancouver — Reconnaissance surface sampling at Minera Andes’ (MAI-V) El Pluma-Cerro Saavedra project in southern Argentina has uncovered new areas of high-grade gold and silver mineralization.The res…
Exchange Rates (August 12, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateAugust 6August 5August 2August 1July 31US$ in C$1.5933Holiday…
Bradstone Equity dumps Peruvian Gold
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:- Alamos Minerals (AAS-V) — Nerio Cervantes, director, sold 5,000 shares at 90 apiece to hold …
Colorado Survey releases CD-ROM
The Colorado Geological Survey has released a CD-ROM titled Digital Inventory of Industrial Mineral Mines and Mine Permit Locations in Colorado. The disc lists industrial minerals, such as sand, grave…
Ashanti out from under margin requirements
An infusion of cash from a US$75-million note issue allowed Ghanaian gold producer Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) to retire old debt and buy out of earlier hedge arrangements that subjected it to margin c…
Ekati turns in strong performance
In the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories, some 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, Canada’s lone diamond mine churned out 4.56 million carats of stones for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002…
Eunsan attains commercial status
Five months after pouring the first dore bar, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has declared its Eunsan gold-silver mine in South Korea a commercial success.Since March, the mine has produced 2,300 oz. gold and 1…