1998

AFRICA — Poplar eyes diamond project

Poplar Resources (PPX-V) intends to begin a bulk-sampling program at the Aardvark and Barkly West kimberlite fissures in South Africa.The company can earn up to a 60% interest in the diamond projects,…


Pegasus crash-lands under debt load

Pegasus Gold (PGU-X) has lost its fight against the dwindling gold price and filed for bankruptcy protection after unsuccessful appeals for clemency to its major creditors.The company had been in nego…


AFRICA — Rex Diamond explores in Mauritania

Rex Diamond (RXD-T) has launched an exploration program aimed at finding diamond-bearing kimberlites in the desert of northern Mauritania.The diamond-producing company recently announced the discovery…




Caption ‘inaccurate’

The caption accompanying the front-page photograph on your Jan. 12-18 issue is inaccurate at best, and downright vindictive at worst.If John Felderhof was unaware of the salting scam at Busang, the wo…




Commission urges probe of Noril’sk sale

A government commission in Russia has called for a halt to the privatization the Noril’sk Mining and Metallurgical Kombinat.The commission has recommended that the recent sale of the government’s rema…


New Britannia mine overachieving

Gold production is up and cash costs are down at the New Britannia mine in Manitoba.The mine, which is owned equally by TVX Gold (TVX-T) and High River Gold Mines (HRG-T), produced 91,415 oz. gold in …



PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (January 26, 1998)

Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,480.50, alloy US$1,339 per tonne (Jan.20/98).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,735 per tonne (Jan. 20/98).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.35 per lb. (Jan…


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