Cominco in talks with producer
Vancouver — Cominco (clt-t) has entered into negotiations with a private company to form a joint venture in connection with a small-scale open-pit oxide zinc mine in northwest Iran.On an annual basis…
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MEETINGS (June 26, 2000)
June 26 Akrokeri-Ashanti — annualJune 26 Amblin — annual, generalJune 26 Champion — annual, generalJune 26 Copper Hill — annual, specialJune 26 Curri…
Newmont to merge with Battle Mountain
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has inked a deal to acquire Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N), representing the second major merger in the gold mining industry in the past two weeks.Only days earlier, Toronto-based…
Gold Funds (June 26, 2000)
Gold Funds as of June 15, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.06$5.62Price$7.4…
New study green-lights Tahera’s Jericho project
Toronto-based Tahera (TAH-T) intends to advance its Jericho diamond project to commercial production now that a feasibility study has indicated that the far-northern project is economic.The Jericho pr…
Seabridge Resources to gain gold project from Placer Dome
Seabridge Resources (SEA-V) has signed a letter-of-intent to acquire the Kerr-Sulphside gold project, 20 km southeast of the Eskay Creek mine in British Columbia. The project consists of two deposits,…
DIAND not doing its job
My name is Larry. I am not a productive, useful Canadian, though I would like to be.I live in northern Canada — the largest part of Canada and its least-populated. We should be able to produce the mo…
African forum to boost investment
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the European Union are organizing the SADC-EU Mining Investment Forum, slated for Oct 10-13 in Lusaka, Zambia.In recent years, the 14 member-nation…
Kimberlite discovered on Epworth property
Monopros, the Canadian exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), has discovered a kimberlite pipe on Rhonda Mining’s (RDM-V) wholly-owned Epworth property, 75 km south of Coronation Gu…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, June 7-13
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 15875 61.38 27.88 28.06 – 33.32…
Franco-Nevada, Gold Fields merger falls on deaf ears
Stronger showings by the utilities and high-tech sectors and a lessening of inflationary fears south of the border combined to push the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index 226.56 points higher during the…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, June 7-13
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 445495 61.38 27.88 28.06 – 33.32…