Gas explosion claims 12 at Gold Fields’ Beatrix
Denver — A methane explosion has killed 12 people at the Beatrix gold mine, 175 miles southwest of Johannesburg, i…
2001
Narrow zones cut at Bai Go
Vancouver — The latest drill results from the Bai Go portion of the Phuoc Son gold property in Vietnam have yielde…
Yatela pours first gold
Partners Anglogold (AU-N) and Iamgold (IMG-T) have poured the first 22.8-kg gold bar at the Yatela mine in Mali, We…
Barra Grande yields small stones
Toronto-based Trans Hex International (THI-V) has processed 31 of 172 samples from the first pit at the Villa Barro…
Namco closes Leviev deal
After receiving the approval of its shareholders and the Toronto Stock Exchange, Namibian Minerals (Namco) (NMR-T)…
Curator gears up at Assean
Vancouver — With the winter program cutting a new gold zone, International Curator Resources (IC-T) is gearing up…
San Cristobal receives environmental permit
Denver — Through its wholly owned subsidiary Minera San Cristobal, Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) has received its envi…
Trading Summary (May 14, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s 300 composite index shed 13.67 points to close at 8,010 in quiet trading on Monday. In…
Assays awaited from Moose
BHP Diamonds has encountered sulphide mineralization in two holes while drilling for kimberlite on the Moose property in northeastern Manitoba.Edmonton-based New Blue Ribbon Resources (NBL-V), which c…
Buffalo Hills yields low diamond count
The quantity of stones in a kimberlite find at the Buffalo Hills project in north-central Alberta is insufficient to warrant further work.A 223.3-kg sample of drill core from kimberlite K281, discover…
Energy costs, environmental liabilities hurt Phelps Dodge
Denver — Higher energy costs forced Phelps Dodge (PD-N) to post a first-quarter loss of US$14.7 million (or 19 per share) before a pretax, non-recurring gain of US$28.9 million.The pretax gain came …
Boliden sells assets to restore strength
Financially beleaguered Boliden (BOL-T) reported a net loss of US$25.1 million (or 11 per share) for the first quarter of 2001, up from a net loss of US$18.1 million (18 per share) a year earlier.In…