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Taseko Mines (TKO-V), a member of the Hunter-Dickinson group, has completed its acquisition of the now-dormant Gibraltar mine from Boliden (BOL-T).Gibraltar is a large-scale, 37,000-tonne-per-day open…

Independent consultants have attached a new resource to the Taparko gold project of High River Gold Mines (HRG-T).Situated in eastern Burkina Faso, Taparko is now believed to contain six zones, known …

Infill drilling is confirming the continuity of the Tiriruniak zone at the Meliadine West gold project near Rankin Inlet in Nunavut.Meliadine West is a three-way partnership among WMC International, w…

Slipping revenue and sluggish season-opening production from the Golden Bear heap-leach gold mine in northern British Columbia combined to keep Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) in the red in the latest …

Canadian production of refined copper and zinc, lead and silver was up between May 1998 and May 1999, while output of uranium primary copper and zinc, nickel and gold was down.The statistics shown bel…

Underground drilling at the Eagle River mine near Wawa, Ont., is returning heartening results for River Gold Mines (RIV-T).The latest intervals include 9 metres (true width) averaging 10.6 grams (cut)…

Dublin-based Moydow Mines International (MOY-T) has resumed drilling at the Ntotoroso gold project in west-central Ghana after a 5-week hiatus due to the rainy season.Moydow has a 60% interest in the …

In recent months, there has been a new imperative that geoscientists be registered with a professional organization. This follows the practice already in place for engineers.As Canadians, we need to l…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,210/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.60/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Recent trades US$60.00-90.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$18.00-20.20/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.7705/lb.I…

Gold Funds as of August 5, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$13.215.63Price$8.80$5.

Gerald Carlson appointed director.