Red Dog mine being expanded by Cominco
Drilling at the Red Dog mine in northwestern Alaska is fleshing out a new zinc-lead deposit for Cominco (TSE) a quarter of a mile north of the current open pit.When the discovery was made in July, Com…
Red Dog Operations
Cominco strikes new zone at Red Dog
Exploration drilling on the Red Dog mine property in Alaska has encountered significant new zinc-lead mineralization.Cominco (TSE) reports that hole 488 intersected 610 ft., from 65 to 675 ft. grading…
Operations improve at Red Dog
An ore deposit measuring 85 million tons grading 17.1% zinc, 5% lead and 2.4 oz. silver per ton with a stripping ratio of less than 1-to-1 is enough to excite even the most pessimistic of miners.Those…