Altoro buoyed by drill results in NE Brazil
The first five holes of an 18-hole drill program at the Pedra Branca platinum-palladium project in northeastern Brazil have returned encouraging values for Altoro Gold (ATG-V).Four of the holes were d…
2000
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (January 24, 2000)
60.97 (-2.67)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
French dictionary targets engineers
Montreal’s cole Polytechnique and the Beauchemin Group have jointly published a French- language engineering and geology dictionary.Written by Mohamed Bouna-Aly, the Dictionnaire du gnie et des scie…
Get rich quick . . .without making money
The mining industry has been a whipping boy for environmentalists and anti-mining organizations for the past decade, but a recent column titled “They get the gold, we get the shaft,” in The National P…
Pulling up stakes
A few decades ago, I was summoned to the manager’s office of the German company for which I was working and told to stake a large property north of Saint John, N.B. “Be very diplomatic on this project…
PEOPLE (January 24, 2000)
Gold Canyon — Dr. Wayne Ewert, appointed geological advisor.Nord Pacific — John Griffith, Jr., appointed acting CFO.Foran — Gorden Glenn appointed president, CEO and director.
Campbell’s production bounces back
The fortunes of Campbell Resources (CCH-T) are set to turn as production resumes at its two gold mines. Two new pits are operating at the Santa Gertrudis mine in Sonora state, Mexico, and a developmen…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (January 24, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,200/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.05/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$13.70-15.60/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$0.866/lb.Indium: In…
Miners mixed despite gold’s rise
The Dow Jones industrial average rose to a new high above 11,700 points during the report period ended Jan. 18, only to fall back to 11,560.72, a gain of only 49.64 points, or 0.4%.Spot gold on the Co…
Corner Bay forges ahead
A third phase of reverse-circulation (RC) drilling is to begin at the Alamo Dorado silver-gold project of Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T).Situated in Mexico’s Sonora state, the property hosts an independe…
Ashton Mining launches winter exploration work
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) is gearing up for ground geophysical work at the Star, Roundrock and Cross properties in the Far North.The company, which holds varying interests in some 2,200 sq. km o…
MEETINGS (January 24, 2000)
Jan 26 Montello — annual, generalJan 27 Excellon — annual, generalJan 27 Int’l Skyline — annual, generalJan 28 Mount Hope — annual, specialJan 28 Ni…