Suppliers Roundup (November 22, 2004)
Epcor to clean up Britannia…
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Frank Beales
Frank Beales, former professor of geology at the University of Toronto and McMaster University in Hamilton, has died. He was 85.
Laudrum to discuss Polaris
Geologist and environmental expert Arlene Laudrum will discuss remediation work at Teck Cominco’s Polaris mine in far northern Nunavut, at the next luncheon meeting of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petrol…
Cdn Zinc cuts higher grades at Prairie Creek
Vancouver — The final 12 holes of this year’s drill program at the Prairie Creek project in the Northwest Territories have delivered high grades of lead and zinc.
South African takeover battle intensifies
A pair of crucial votes has seen shareholders on both sides of the raging South African takeover battle fall in behind their respective companies.
Silver lining for food processing
In a world where there is increasing concern over the safety of food and how it is processed, packaged and stored, health experts are turning increasingly to silver-based biocides. The biocides are chemical agents capable of destroying living orga…
T.R. (Tom) Gledhill
Well-known geophysicist and geological engineer T.R. (Tom) Gledhill of Toronto has passed away. He was 74.
Daily Metal Prices (November 22, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Juniors pumped as gold moves to 18-year highs
The big news this week for the junior mining sector is the gold price which managed to make it past the US$440 mark with participants cheering the climb. Venture Exchange-listed companies were looking up, however, there is still a lot of weakness…
Metallica’s rights restored at Cerro San Pedro (November 22, 2004)
Mexico’s Federal Court has ordered the Agrarian Court in San Luis Potosi state to reinstate
Insider Trading (November 22, 2004)
The following insider trading transactions were recently reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in the OSC Bulletin:…
OntZinc adopts poison pill
In the midst of trying to raise a hefty stack of cash to complete its planned acquisition of