Partners cut ribbon at Yatela mine
With production already in full swing at the Yatela gold mine in western Mali, all that remained to do was open the mine officially.Partners AngloGold (AU-N) and Iamgold (IMG-T) did that on Sept. 8, c…
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PacMin posts profit (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — The subject of a $170-million take over target, Teck’s (TEK-T) Australian gold mining arm, PacMin Mining, tabled a net profit of A$7.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30.The compan…
Starfield boosts West zone (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — Undeterred by low copper and nickel prices, junior Starfield Resources (SRU-V) continues to extend the mineralization at the West zone on the Ferguson Lake nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM projec…
Market slide cut short by tragedy
Denver — Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 halted trading among financial markets already battered by bad economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 391.98 points (4…
Producer and Dealer Prices (September 17, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,100/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.60/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$8.85-10.25/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.657/lb.
New zone found at Shelby (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — Some 6.4 km northeast of the Powder Hill showing and only 12 km north of the Lac des les mine, New Millennium Metals (PGM-V) has uncovered a new platinum-palladium-gold zone on the Shelb…
IMA tests Peruvian gold prospect
Junior IMA Exploration (IMR-V) has launched a 1,500-metre diamond drill program on a gold-enriched sulphide showing at its Rio Tabaconas property in northwestern Peru.The first pass of drilling will t…
Breakwater tables Langlois feasibility study (September 14, 2001)
An independent feasibility study, focusing on Zone 97 at Breakwater Resources’ (BWR-T) Langlois zinc mine near Val…
Antamina cuts forecasts
Vancouver — Some two months after shipping its first load of concentrate, due to falling metal prices the massive…
Inco to close Voisey’s camp
Nickel giant Inco (N-T) has announced that, as the site exploration program at the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobal…
Anaconda Nickel sees bigger loss (September 14, 2001)
Vancouver — The financial woes for Anaconda Nickel continue and the Australian nickel laterite miner has posted a…
CT-55 eastern lobe cut
Vancouver Partners Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) and Tyler Resources (TYS-V) have cut kimberlite on the eastern lob…