EXPLORATION TARGETING IN A BUSINESS CONTEXT
This two-day course provides an overview of exploration targeting from a business perspective, as well as building the confidence of participants in how to approach the technical challenges of targeti…
News
Early winter hits Teck’s Red Dog (November 10, 2008)
Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-t) says that “adverse weather conditions” have forced it to send off its final container ship early and without a full load from its Red Dog zinc-lead mine in Alaska, easily the wo…
Editorial: Vale goes easy on Canadian mines
The week ended Nov. 1, the 44th trading week of 2008, was characterized by some relative calm in the global financial markets after seven weeks of incredible turmoil.
Commentary: Asbestos mortality: a Canadian export
— The following is an edited version of an editorial that appeared in the Oct. 21, 2008, edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The footnotes have been removed, but are available in the…
U. S. MARKETS – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Have markets seen the bottom yet? We won’t know for a while yet, but the upward bounce during the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading session certainly looks convincing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,144…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Mining stocks helped boost the S&P-TSX Composite Index over the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading period. The TSX rose nearly 14% or 1,284 points to 9,721, giving investors some hope that we’ve reached the b…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Market winds finally reversed direction during the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading week on the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index. The board posted five consecutive gains to close up 126.6 points at 935.6. Tr…
Sherwood drilling links high-grade areas at Kutcho
Vancouver — Drill results from Kutcho’s Main zone continue to return high-grade copper intercepts for Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-o).
Liberty shuts down nickel mines
Vancouver — Its Redstone mine has been in production for just over a year and its McWatters mine is in preproduction ramp-up, but falling nickel prices have forced Liberty Mines (LBE-t) to put both o…
UNDERSTANDING MINERALIZATION CONTROLS: APPLIED STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY TO EXPLORATION AND MINING
Understanding the structural geological controls on ore deposition and geometry is of critical importance in exploration and mining. Structural geological controls impact exploration area selection, n…
NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 43-101 -TECHNICAL REPORTS AND GOOD DISCLOSURE PRACTICES
Presented at no charge by AME BC and the BCSC. This interactive, half-day course focuses on explaining and helping companies and qualified persons deal with common NI 43-101 problem areas. It assumes …
Metals Commentary: CPM Group sees commodities recovering in 2009
New York City-based CPM Group is looking beyond the crashing commodities market to a point where a sharp recovery could begin. The consultancy believes that the smoke hanging over the market will clea…