With a final payment of $125,000 to its Australian partner, Woduna Mining Holding, Afri-Can Marine Minerals (AFA-V) has boosted to 70% its interest in the Block J marine diamond concession, 105 km nor…
AngloGold recently hosted a goldsmith training project in conjunction Electra Mining 2002, an exhibition held in Johannesburg. The highlight of the project was a visit from Bakary Yali, a Malian golds…
A double whammy of lowered earnings expectations and a sagging bullion price sent shares of Barrick Gold (ABX-T) reeling on Sept. 26.The company’s issue opened the day $2.42, or 8.6%, lower in Toronto…
Vancouver — In 1988, junior company Calpine Resources sparked an exploration frenzy in northern British Columbia by discovering the exotic Eskay Creek gold-rich massive sulphide deposit. Today, anoth…
A Vancouver-based capital pool company, Eveolution Ventures (EVE-V), has agreed to buy out the limited partnership of Peru Exploration Ventures and acquire all of the shares of Bear Creek Mining, a pr…
To those within the business sector who see sustainable development as a fad or as a distraction, let me say this: There is a strong business case for sustainable minerals operations. So strong, in fa…
Recent economic statistics show that Canada leads the major industrialized nations in economic growth, at just over 3% annually. That could have been good news for Canadians and for the Canadian minin…
Since May 2000, the central bank of Switzerland has sold 603 tonnes of gold as part of its plan to liquidate 1,300 tonnes of gold, or half of its reserves.Within a year, the National Bank will sell an…
I was greatly pleased to see the deserved tribute to the late Canadian mining pioneer Jack Botsford (T.N.M., Aug. 26-Sept. 1/02).We corresponded for years, regarding his days at the Howey gold mine at…
Production of ground calcium has increased significantly over the past 10 years and now stands at roughly 50.5 million tonnes per year for all grades, according to a report by London-based Roskill Inf…
Production and maintenance employees at Falconbridge’s Kidd Creek metallurgical copper-zinc operation in Timmins, Ont., have ratified a 3-year labour pact.The deal includes a wage increase of about $2…
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