Legislation aids mining ventures
Mongolia’s resource sector is expected to benefit from a series of amendments to the country’s investment laws.The legislation was enacted following an international investors conference sponsored joi…
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GREATEST VALUE TRADED (July 14, 1997)
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DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — United Reef plans to market more diamonds
In June, a newly commissioned recovery plant at the MBala project in the Central African Republic enabled United Reef (URP-T) to recover 486.48 carats of diamonds from the processing of 7,907 tonnes o…
SPOT PRICES (July 14, 1997)
Wednesday, July 9, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$315.75- $15.70Silver*$ 4.28…
ODDS’N’SODS — Hanging around
The last nine miles of road that lead to the Bohemia mining district in the Cascade Mountains of south-Central Oregon slither, like a drunken rattlesnake, up and over Champion Crick. (Anyone who calls…
EDITORIAL AND OPINION — Blame peace, balanced budgets and technology — Gold takes major tumble
If the predictions made by the doom-and-gloomers of the 1970s had come true, the world would have run out of natural resources by now, gold prices would be well over $1,000 per oz. and the Aden sister…
Magadan region to consolidate mines — Government assumes more active role in making deals
The government of northeastern Russia’s Magadan region is attempting to consolidate some of its gold mining industryThe government has reached a deal with Severovostokzoloto, the firm once responsible…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Caldera discovers macro in Australia
A macrodiamond has been recovered from a drill program at the Abminga kimberlite field in South Australia.Operator Caldera Resources (CDR-M) says the discovery was made in a small drill-Core sample th…
Canuc, Placer ink Ecuadoran deal
Toronto-based Canuc Resources (CANC-C) has entered into a joint-Venture agreement with Placer Dome (PDG-T) to explore and develop the Nambija gold deposit in southeastern Ecuador.Under the agreement, …
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Kennecott delays Candle Lake drilling
At the Candle Lake joint venture in the Fort la Corne area of Saskatchewan, Kennecott Canada has suspended a 25-Tonne program of mini-bulk sampling on kimberlite C29/30 until a larger drill rig can be…
Minorco eyes properties of Triarx Gold
Resource giant Minorco has entered the Papua New Guinea resource sector by forming a joint venture with a Toronto-based junior holding several projects in the Southeast Asian nation.The recent agreeme…
Inter-Rock expands Daisy
Inter-Rock Gold (IRO-T) reports that infill and extension drilling on the northern part of the Mother Lode deposit at its Daisy gold mine near Beatty, Nev., may eventually boost the mine’s tonnage and…