GoldOre nabs La Plata (December 03, 2002)
Vancouver-based GoldOre Resources (GOZ-V) has purchased the La Plata copper property, near Durango, Colo., in excha…
2002
Trading Summary (December 02, 2002)
The Toronto Stock Exchange started the week off with a 94.92-point gain to end Monday’s trading session at 6,665.34…
Ivanhoe finds new copper gold porphyry
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T) exploration team has discovered a new gold-copper porphyry system within t…
Placer Dome eyes Battle Mountain
Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) has inked a deal to earn a 60% interest in Nevada Pacific Gold’s (NPG-V) Battle Mo…
PCS shares slide on revised earnings
Shares of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (POT-T), the world’s top fertilizer producer, slipped on Toronto Stock…
Aurizon drills deep at Casa Berardi
Follow-up deep drilling by Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) on the 118-120 zones at the Casa Berardi project in northwestern Q…
Peruvian find bears witness to Barrick’s grassroots thrust
The discovery of the 7.3-million-oz. Lagunas Norte deposit in northern Peru testifies to the success of Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) new focus on grassroots exploration.The deposit is part of the Alto Chica…
Correction (December 02, 2002)
An article on the third-quarter results of Black Hawk Mining ( ) (T.N.M., Nov. 25/02) identified mineralized zones in the Santa Rosa area, south of the Limon mine in Nicaragua, as “steep-dipping veins…
Editorial Cartoon (December 02, 2002)
Zircons and the zeitgeist
It has come to light that the Royal Ontario Museum plans to close the Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, part of its Department of Earth Sciences.The lab, which bears the name of one of the giant…
Mud slide kills one at Antamina
A mudslide in early November at the Antamina copper-zinc mine in Peru has claimed the life of one employee of Compania Minera Antamina.The 240,000-cubic-metre slide also covered several pieces of heav…
Chihuahua lures Anglo
Vancouver — Looking to gain a foothold in Mexico’s Chihuahua state, Anglo American (AAUK-Q) has teamed with Western Copper Holdings (WTC-T) to explore 145 sq. km in the historic Almoloya zinc-lead-si…