Wheaton River keeps head above water
Junior producer Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) remains in the black, thanks to higher output and lower costs at its seasonal Golden Bear mine in northern British Columbia.For the nine months ended Sep…
Junior producer Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) remains in the black, thanks to higher output and lower costs at its seasonal Golden Bear mine in northern British Columbia.For the nine months ended Sep…
Low metal prices, a weaker Canadian dollar and an operating loss at its Trail production facilities in southeastern British Columbia all contributed to a less-than-stellar third quarter for Cominco (C…
An agreement between four companies closes the book on a long-running property dispute between Ontex Resources (ONT-A) and Metalore Resources (MET-T), and gives Fortune Minerals (FT-T) effective contr…
Pushed by low prices for nickel, copper and zinc, Falconbridge (FL-T) slipped a little deeper into the red during the past quarter.For the three months ended Sept. 30, the company lost $10.5 million (…
At the Pogo gold project in east-central Alaska, Teck (TEK-T) has completed a $5.5-million program of surface exploration consisting of 91,000 ft. of definition and stepout drilling in 97 core holes.T…
Politics has always been a blood sport, but it has been painful in this year of global economic crisis to watch some American politicians focus on little else than their obsession to remove President …
Winnipeg Stock Exchange-listed San Gold Resources (SGR-W) is encouraged by results from an ongoing drill program at its Bissett area gold project in northern Manitoba.Results from recent drilling incl…
Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has boosted production by one-third at its San Francisco gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state.During the three months ended Sept. 30, the mine churned out 17,150 oz. gold, …
Lower operating costs at the jointly owned Louvicourt and Andacollo mines were not sufficient to keep operator Aur Resources (AUR-T) out of the red during the third quarter.The company reported losses…
Vancouver-based American Copper (ACC-V) is mulling its options after intended takeover target Oro Nevada Resources (ONV-A) announced plans to sell the Dean Ranch gold property in Nevada’s Crescent Val…
Partners Battle Mountain Gold (BMC-T) and Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) have begun reverse-circulation drilling at their Dunkwa gold property in Ghana.Battle Mountain, which is managing the project on beha…
As an exploration and mining geologist, I am very uneasy with the image projected by the editorial “Challenging geostatistics” and the feature “Recent history reveals trends in mine failures,” which t…
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