The author is vice-president of sustainable development for Vancouver-based Placer Dome and has written the following article at the request of Keep Mining in Canada, an organization designed to incre…
Mines are found in some of the most inaccessible locations on earth. Although mineral operations seldom are situated in the heart of a large city,they often evolve around mines.The most outstanding ex…
Western markets remained flat over the report period ended Sept. 9. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index was off less than a point, closing at 841.54, while the mining index slipped 9.38 point…
Wednesday, September 10, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$321.00- $1.00Silver*$ 4.
BHP Minerals (BHP-N) will transfer base metal and gold exploration properties in eastern Canada to Eastmain Resources (ER-T) in exchange for shares, the number of which will be decided following a due…
Having found only one gem-quality macrodiamond in the first bulk sample from the Sunda Shelf property, off the coast of Namibia, partners Trans Hex International (THI-T) and Ocean Resources (OCR-V) ha…
Saskatoon, Sask.-based Shore Gold (SGF-A) has taken complete control of the Fort la Corne diamond project it had shared with Rio Nevada Mines (RN-A).Rio Nevada sold its 25% interest to Shore for 250,0…
Hymex Diamond (HMD-V) now has a kimberlite washplant on site at its diamond property in Guinea, West Africa.The washplant is expected to be available for trial runs, processing kimberlitic material by…
Industrial Minerals and their Uses: A Handbook and Formulary Peter Ciullo – editor, US$86, Noyes Data Corporation, Westwood, N.J. 07675Technical handbooks are utterly without glamor. Thick, with dull …
ExchagVol(000s)CloseKalahari ResV61330.89Barrick GoldT…
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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Sept.9/97 (change from previous week in brackets):MetalStocks(tonnes)Change…
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