Technical Session Overviews
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2006 MORNING & AFTERNOON…
News
Core Shack (November 14, 2005)
After the success of last year, the Core Shack will once again be located in the distinctive Core Tent. The Roundup Core Shack brings the leading prospects, advanced projects and operating mines from…
Big boys dominate US
‘Bigger was better’ for resource companies trading on U.S. markets over the report period Nov. 1-7, with large coal and copper companies hogging most of the action and share-price increases. North Ame…
Highland picks up Russian properties
At auctions by Russian state agencies, London-listed
Hotel Info
The Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina, located near Stanley Park and just a short walk to Vancouver’s downtown business core, will be offering Mineral Exploration Roundup 2006 participants a special…
Sponsors
The BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines thanks the following sponsors for their continued support of Mineral Exploration Roundup:…
Royal buys in on Taparko (November 14, 2005)
Denver-based mining house
It’s called vision
Corporate chairmen are given to recognizing Grand Moments that will shortly be forgotten, so we’ll go easy on Nicky Oppenheimer’s characterization of this week’s deal to sell 26% of De Beers Consolida…
Ward award up for grabs
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) are seeking applicants for the 2006 Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award….
Defence attempts to re-cast Felderhof
The defence of Bre-X’s former and much-maligned chief geologist, John Felderhof, began in his absence in a cramped Toronto courtroom on Nov. 2….
Voisey’s Bay concentrate takes maiden voyage
A ship bound for the Port of Quebec will leave Edward’s Cove in northern Labrador this month carrying the first load of concentrate from the Voisey’s Bay nickel mine. The maiden voyage is yet another…
Cashing in on Yukon coal and uranium
Whitehorse, Yukon — As part of a broader goal to become an emerging energy producer,