Metal Prices (December 04, 2000)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 28Nov. 27Nov. 24Nov. 23Nov. 22Aluminium1512.50…
2000
Int’l Wayside updates Cariboo project
International Wayside Gold Mines (IWA-V) is exploring its Cariboo gold project, in north-central British Columbia, in a comprehensive program of geological mapping, soil geochemistry, ground geophysic…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 04, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,510/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.85/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US…
Gitennes to drill massive sulphide showing in BC
Vancouver-based Gitennes Exploration (GIT-T) has arranged a brokered $300,000 private placement financing to fund further exploration of the Fox massive sulphide showing in southern British Columbia.I…
Northair tables Lobos trench results
Results from mechanized trenching indicate that the Lobos gold project, in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, has bulk-tonnage potential, according to International Northair Mines (INM-V).The property lies along…
Shareholders approve sale
Denver — Shareholders of Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) have approved the sale of half of the Geita mine to AngloGold (AU-N). The mine is in the Lake Victoria region of Tanzania.Ashanti’s two principal s…
Hope Bay resource smaller but better
Partners Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) have announced a resource estimate for their Hope Bay gold property, which is smaller but more reliable than previous estimates.Drilling at th…
BHP, Rio Tinto to expand Escondida
Denver — Partners Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N) have approved a US$1.04-billion expansion that would increase annual copper output at the giant Escondida copper mine in northe…
Dairi project continues to grow
International Annax Ventures (IAX-V) continues to intersect high-grade mineralization at the Dairi zinc-lead project, in northwestern Sumatra, Indonesia.Sectional drilling in the Anjing Hitam area of …
Mazarin to buy Teck’s stake in Niobec
Industrial-minerals junior Mazarin (MAZ-T) has struck a deal to acquire Teck’s (TEK-T) half-interest in the underground Niobec niobium mine, 11 km north of Chicoutimi, Que.The Quebec City-based compan…
Diamond potential of James Bay Lowlands attracts attention
Results from a 7,000-tonne bulk-sampling program by De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) in the James Bay Lowlands underscores the diamond exploration potential of the Superior Craton. Occupying port…
Prospect draws Sirios
A reconnaissance soil survey, performed by Sirios Resources (SOI-M) at its Tilly property near the LG-4 reservoir on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, has indicated several dispersion trains…