Bema finances work at Monument Bay
Junior Bema Gold (BGO-T) has closed a brokered private placement of flow-through shares with Canaccord Capital and Haywood Securities with an eye toward resuming drilling at the high-grade Monument Ba…
Battle Mountain Gold Company
Newmont enjoys robust quarter
Vancouver – The world’s largest gold miner ended 2001 on a strong note and expects 2002 to be even better.Newmont Mining (NEM-T) posted a profit of US$20.2 million (or US10 per share) in the fourth q…
Merger mania grips mining industry in 2001
Against a rather grim backdrop that included an American economy slipping into recession, worldwide commodity deflation and a new war on terrorism, the big story in 2001 for the North American mining …
MAC cited for reporting standards
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has been cited for its high standards in reporting on the industry’s reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.The acknowledgment was made by the Ottawa-based …
Exploration companies tightened belts in 2001
With prices for base and precious metals sagging, funding for exploration has become scarce, a fact borne out by Halifax-based Metals Economic Group’s latest study of exploration budgets for 679 compa…
First Point finds more gold at Filo Lapa (December 17, 2001)
Vancouver — First Point Minerals (FPX-V) has found higher gold grades during trenching at its Cacamuya project in Honduras.The work was concentrated at the Filo Lapa zone and the recently discovered …
Newmont banks on strong second half (November 05, 2001)
Vancouver — North America’s largest gold producer has tabled a solid third-quarter profit on the back of improved sales and a strong contribution from its Batu Hijau copper-gold mine in Indonesia.New…
Crown gets breathing room (October 29, 2001)
Vancouver — Solitario Resources (SLT-T) is providing a $1-million secured-note financing to its major shareholder, financially beleaguered Crown Resources (CRRS-O).The funds are part of a proposed $3…
Int’l Northair cashes up for exploration
One of the few juniors still banging on rocks in Mexico is International Northair Mines (INM-V).The company raised $250,000 this summer for further exploration through the sale of 1.4 million units pr…
Crown defaults on debentures (September 03, 2001)
Denver — Financially beleaguered Crown Resources (CRRS-O) says it will not be making its final, US$15.4-million payment, thereby defaulting on its 5.75% convertible subordinated debentures. The payme…
Obituary – Ian Bayer
Ian Bayer, former president and chief executive officer of Battle Mountain Gold and Hemlo Gold Mines, has died. He was 62.Bayer was born in Sydney, N.S., in 1939 and graduated from Acadia University. …
Rio narrows gap with Anglo
Rio Tinto continues to gain ground on Anglo American in its quest for first place among global mining companies, as ranked by the Raw Materials Group in Who Owns Who in Mining 2001.The U.K.-based tita…