Campbell struggling after weak third quarter
Campbell Resources (CCH-T) is looking to turn around operations at the Joe Mann mine, south of Chibougamau, Que., after production problems left the company with a loss of $2.9 million in the three mo…
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Magistral nears production (September 23, 2002)
With about 20,000 tonnes of crushed ore stacked on the leach pad, equal partners Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) and privately owned Midwest Mining have begun leaching operations at the Magistral gold pr…
Strateco options Discovery
Strateco Resources (RSC-V) intends to acquire a half-interest in Campbell Resources’s (CCH-T) Discovery gold project in Quebec’s Bruneau and Desjardins twps., about 205 km southwest of Chibougamau.Str…
Queenstake moves Magistral project forward
Vancouver — With construction well under way on its 50% held Magistral project, Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) expects the latest bout of drilling to boost the overall economics of the advanced propert…
Queenstake to proceed with production at Magistral
The Magistral gold project in northern Sinaloa state, Mexico, will be pouring gold by September following a positive production decision by operator Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) and its joint-venture …
Campbell closes Joe Mann financing (January 28, 2002)
Taking another step toward resuming commercial operations at the Joe Mann gold mine in Quebec, Campbell Resources (CCH-T) has closed a $14.3-million private placement comprising an initial tranche of …
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 …
Campbell renews exploration efforts at Joe Mann
Campbell Resources (CCH-T) is hoping that a new round of exploration and development work, now under way at its Joe Mann gold mine near Chibougamau, Que., will lead to a longer life once commercial op…
Bull run continues in gold stocks
Gold settled into a new, higher trading range of US$278-280 per oz. during the Oct. 31-Nov. 6 trading period, as the U.S. dollar showed some weakness in the face of widespread layoffs and slowing indu…
Deals may bring Queenstake’s Magistral closer to production
Vancouver-based explorer Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) has entered into two agreements it says provide the financing and equipment it will need to put its Magistral gold project, in Sinaloa state, into…
Queenstake finances Magistral
Two separate agreements have provided Queenstake Mining (QRL-V) with the financing and equipment needed to place its wholly owned Magistral gold project into production.The proposed heap-leach project…
Gold properties fall to bargain hunters
The mining adage that gold properties are worth whatever someone will pay for them holds true in good times and bad. And in these tough times, mines can be had, and are being had, at bargain-basement …