Hadley Bay remains low
Junior Canabrava Diamond (CNB-T) has recovered three stones from the Turnstone kimberlite, one of a cluster of ten…
2003
Namex drills sulphides at Woods Creek (January 21, 2003)
Two holes drilled by Namex Exploration (NME-V) have confirmed the extension of sulphide mineralization beneath the…
Wolfden peddles Red lake properties
Having just arranged to acquire the 30% interest in the My-Ritt property it does not already own, Wolfden Resources…
BC & Yukon Chamber gives Pezim Award to John Brock Bernanke
John Brock, president of Vancouver-based Badger and Co. Management, will receive the Murray Pezim Award from the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines.He and 10 other leaders in the west coast’s e…
Daily Metal Prices (January 20, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 14Jan. 13Jan. 10Jan. 9Jan. 8Al Alloy1355/1335…
Peer review needs context
I believe the scientific peer review process deserves discussion in a broader context than it has received thus far (see previous letter by Jan Merks in T.N.M., Dec. 2-8/02 and by David R.M. Pattison …
Pele aims drills at Ardeen gold project
Another old gold project is being dusted off and revived: Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) is about to begin drilling at its wholly owned Ardeen mine property, 110 km west of Thunder Bay, Ont.Situated …
Iamgold joins Int’l Minerals in Ecuador
International Minerals (IMZ-T) (formerly Ecuadorian Minerals) has dealt Iamgold (IMG-T) an option to earn a 60% interest in its Canicapa project in southern Ecuador, about 380 km south of the capital …
First Point picks up Rio Luna (January 20, 2003)
Vancouver — With a 2,000-metre drill program under way on its Cacamuya gold-silver project in southwest Honduras, First Point Minerals (FPX-V) has inked a deal to acquire the Rio Luna gold property i…
Golds retrench but base metals higher
The Toronto Stock Exchange was only fractionally higher through the trading period Jan. 8-14, with the composite index up 8.2 points, or 0.1% of value, at 6,810.98. Most of the market sectors moved si…
Cambior sharpens trimmers in ’03
With gold climbing to prices not seen in years, Cambior (CBJ-T) plans to trim its hedge book by about 40% to around 800,000 oz. gold in 2003.The reduction would see the company’s hedge position drop t…
‘Six Sigma’ solves problems
The “Six Sigma” system has been around for some time. For those who have been out of the picture or are unaware of what Six Sigma is, I offer the following: it is the use of a rigorous, statistics-bas…