Expatriate steps up exploration
Vancouver — Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) will spend $3 million to advance the Finlayson polymetallic project, in the Yukon, to the final feasibility stage.The project comprises the Kudz Ze Kayah depo…
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Trade war affects mining The march of folly
This newspaper really missed the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy at the recent annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, and not merely because we felt the absenc…
Exchange Rates (March 26, 2001)
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Canadian Mine Show a hit at PDAC
“It was pretty fun.”Those were the words of 9-year-old Angela Reid of Scarborough, Ont., after touring the Great Canadian Mine Show, which made its debut at the recent convention of the Prospectors & …
Geoscientists provided with ethics code
Regulations under the Professional Geoscientists Act of Ontario, setting out licensing criteria and a code of ethics, are now in effect.The act, passed in June 2000, established the new Association of…
Diamond Fields, Trans Hex join forces in Namibia
Circumventing the need for financing, Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) has teamed up with South African miner Trans Hex Group to exploit the junior’s marine diamond property, off the coast of Nami…
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GQ find yields high micro count for Band-Ore
A new discovery area on Band-Ore Resources’ (BAN-T) GQ property, 20 km west of Wawa, Ont., has returned high microdiamond counts from boulders consisting of diatreme breccia.Four new samples, each wei…
Producer and Dealer Prices (March 26, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,320/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.05/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.22/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$13.20-14.75/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.801/lb.Indium: Ind…
Kendu kimberlite a dud
A kimberlite discovered by New Blue Ribbon Resources (NBL-V) in northern Alberta has proved barren.None of the 38 drill core samples, which weighed 170 kg in total, yielded any diamonds.Kendu was disc…
Aurogin Res. options Bathurst base metal property
Toronto-based Aurogin Resources (AUQ-V) has optioned a half-interest in a prospective base metal property in New Brunswick from privately held Heron Mines. The property is in the Belledune area, north…
Billiton, BHP to form mining behemoth
London-based Billiton and Australia’s BHP (bhp-n) are merging to form one of the world’s largest diversified resource companies, to be known as BHP-Billiton.The merger is to take place under a “dual-l…