Companies (July 19, 1999)
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EDITORIAL & OPINION — Gold’s survival not in doubt — Living on the hedge
Numbers don’t lie, they say, unless politicians perform some sort of black magic on them first. That being the case, the numbers underpinning the gold mining industry tell a grim story that may get a …
Falco closes Kidd smelter — 750 workers walk off the job
Falconbridge has shutdown its Kidd Creek smelter and refinery in Timmins, Ont., following a breakdown in union negotiations that prompted the plant’s 750 workers to walk off the job.Workers at the bas…
DIAMOND PAGE — Rex continues diamond hunt
With results from recent fieldwork in hand, Rex Diamond Mining (RXD-T) is preparing for an airborne magnetic survey in the Tenoumer region of Mauritania, West Africa.The company collected 3,000 sample…
Juniors plan drilling
Partners Almaden Resources (AMH-V) and Troymin Resources (TYR-M) will carry out a drill program on the Prospector Mountain gold-copper porphyry property, 240 km northwest of Whitehorse, Y.T.The proper…
DIAMOND PAGE — Bulk sampling planned
Positive results from a sampling program have prompted the Australian partner of Consolidated Trillion Resources (TLQ-T) and Nickelodeon Minerals (NKM-V) to carry out a 500-tonne bulk-sampling program…
University contest slated for 2000
The University of Toronto will host the 10th annual Canadian Mining Games next spring in conjunction with Mining Millennium 2000, which takes place from March 5-10, 2000.The games will involve teams o…
SUPPLIERS NEWS ROUNDUP — Kvaerner wins expansion contract
The engineering and construction arm of Kvaerner has been awarded a US$1.5-million contract to expand the Pirdop copper smelter in Bulgaria.The company will increase anode copper production at the sme…
Kennecott eyes Alaskan properties
Kennecott Canada Exploration has signed separate deals with NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) to earn majority interests in the Caribouand Anvil Creek gold projects in Alaska’s Fairbanks and Nome districts, …
Romarco hits high-grade at Red Rock
Drilling by Romarco Minerals (R-T) continues to intersect high-grade gold mineralization at the Red Rock property in western Nevada.Thirteen angle holes drilled into the discovery area extended known …
SUPPLIERS NEWS ROUNDUP — El-Equip to supply system to Chinese mine
Sudbury, Ont.-based El-Equip has won a tender to provide an underground communications system to the Jinning No. 3 coal mine in China.With production of 5 million tonnes of coal per year and a life ex…
OBITUARY — Armand Beaudoin
Armand Beaudoin, who played a major role as a vendor in the Indonesian staking rush following the gold “discovery” of Bre-X Minerals in the mid-1990s, has died.His career as a prospector began in nort…