Minefinders (MFL-T) has engaged MRDI Canada, a division of H.A. Simons, to complete a prefeasibility study on the promising Dolores gold-silver project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.The Dolores project …
Although mines in the mountainous Magadan region of Russia produced 26.1 tonnes of gold in 1997 (6.3 tonnes more than were produced in the previous year), output was well below expectations. However, …
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,423, alloy US$1,272 per tonne (Mar. 31/98).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,600 per tonne (Mar. 31/98).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$4.05 per lb. (Mar. …
In deference to that part of the U.S. mining industry east of the Mississippi, the Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (SME) held its annual convention in Florida this year.Attendance, at ab…
An airborne geophysical survey has outlined a large chargeablity anomaly over the Enero property in Chile that partially coincides with a copper prospect.Blue Desert Mining (BDE-A) holds an option to …
Andrew Troop, the former manager of Icon Syndicate, has died. He was 72.A native of Manitou, Man., Troop obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, both in science, from the University of Manitoba….
A US$30-million tailings retreatment operation in Zambia is now producing copper at full capacity, First Quantum Minerals (FM-V) reports.Situated at the site of the past-producing Bwana Mkubwa mine in…
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateMar. 31Mar. 30Mar. 27Mar. 26Mar…
A recently signed agreement between Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V) and Corriente Resources (CTG-T) has marked the end of a legal dispute over ownership of the Cerro Samenta copper property in Argentina.Th…
General Minerals (GNM-T) has expanded the area of known mineralization at its Escalones copper porphyry target in Chile, and hit promising precious metal values at a new target in Peru.At Escalones, G…
Claiming that Barrick Gold (ABX-T) knew as early as October 1996 that Bre-X Minerals’ Busang gold deposit was a hoax, lawyers representing shareholders in a class-action suit have named the gold produ…
In the biggest acquisition in company history, Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) purchased Johns Manville’s last remaining royalty interest in the Stillwater platinum-palladium mine in Montana.The Toronto-b…
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