DRC tables positive study
Vancouver — An independent consultant estimates that DRC Resources’ (DRC-V) past-producing Afton copper-gold property still holds an indicated mineral resource of 25 million tons averaging 2% copper …
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Placer Dome helps grubstake Ontario geoscientists
Placer Dome has donated $100,000 to the fund to support the new Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO).The APGO, established under the province’s Geoscientists Act in 2000, will b…
Metal Prices (March 12, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMarch 6March 5March 2March 1Feb. 28Aluminium1581.50…
Exchange Rates (March 12, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateMarch 6March 5March 2March1Feb. 28US$ in C$1.53801.54731.54841.54…
Producer and Dealer Prices (March 12, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,320/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.90/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.21/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$13.25-14.55/lb.Copper: Comex March US$0.844/lb.Indium: I…
Senior gold companies face ‘point of no return’
The twice-yearly Senior Gold Book, produced by the global mining team at HSBC Investment Bank, is one of most thorough reviews of the gold industry available to investors. It always tells it like it i…
Sherritt extends offer for Luscar
Luscar Coal Income Fund Trust (LUS.U-T) says it will postpone the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan as the Sherritt Coal Partnership has extended its hostile takeover bid until April 17.Th…
Boliden (March 12, 2001)
Denver — The first holes on the newly acquired Santa Julia claim block at the El Morro copper project in Chile have returned long intervals of mineralization for partners Noranda (NOR-T) and Metallic…
Nuinsco, Inco study mining accord in Thompson camp
Though still subject to due diligence and the resolution of various technical and legal issues, Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) and Inco (n-t) have signed a letter of intent aimed at developing the Pipe Com…
Angus, Cabot explore for tantalum in Greenland
In January 2000, shortly after its formation, Angus & Ross obtained a 414-sq.-km exploration licence covering a tantalum-and-niobium-bearing deposit within the Motzfeldt Centre of the Igaliko nephelin…
Ashanti Goldfields on sound footing, Jonah says
The past year was challenging for all gold companies, but Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) had the added task of rebuilding after a failed hedging program splashed red ink over its balance sheet in the fall…
Desert-dirts back at it
Science moves but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point. What Tennyson didn’t add was that pseudo-science just keeps going in circles. Thus several companies, all quoted on the over-the-coun…