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Canada, Australia lead in uranium
Over the past 40 years, uranium has become one of the world’s most important energy minerals. It is used almost entirely for making electricity, though a small amount is used for the important task of producing medical isotopes.
Denton-Rawhide open pit eyed as waste dump
Vancouver — The Denton-Rawhide joint venture hopes to generate millions in tipping fees through a new deal that could see its open pit near Fallon, Nev., being used as a municipal waste dump.
Riverstone expands footprint in Burkina Faso (November 29, 2004)
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Central America attracting bigger fish
Encouraging exploration results from Central America, particularly Nicaragua, have attracted at least one big player to a region largely ignored by gold producers in the recent past.
Churchill kimberlite camp proves frustrating
Despite disappointing microdiamond results from a second year of drilling on the Churchill joint venture in eastern Nunavut,
Nevada mine sites, past and present, attract bulk of exploration
Vancouver — Exploration spending in the U.S. has been in sharp decline for most of the past decade, falling 66% to below US$150 million in 2002 from 1997 levels, with a 77% drop in new claims over the same period. Weak metal prices and relentless…
New resource at Beaver Dam
A preliminary resource calculation for
Meridian Capital acquires Thistle debt (November 29, 2004)
Standard Bank London and the Standard Bank of South Africa have sold their interests in certain senior finance documents, including a senior credit agreement with
Glamis pins hopes on El Sauzal
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Equinox rethinks Lumwana
A change in the development plan at the Lumwana copper project in Zambia promises to reduce capital costs for operator
Vannessa seeks relief through World Bank
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