CIM talk to focus on Pogo gold project Image
The Pogo gold project in Alaska will be discussed at a gathering of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum on March 27.Teck Cominco intends to develop the p…
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Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 25, 2002)
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Vannessa eyes Crucitas construction (March 25, 2002)
Vancouver-based Vannessa Ventures (vvv-v) has submitted an environmental impact study (EIS) for the Crucitas gold project in Costa Rica. Approval of the study by that country’s government is required …
Laurentian wins Mining Games
Laurentian University’s School of Engineering continued to dominate the Canadian Mining Games with its third championship title in the past four years.Laurentian placed high in several events and secu…
Golden Goose drills Magino
Quebec-based Golden Goose Resources (ggr-v) will launch a small drill program at its Magino project near Wawa, Ont.The 18-hole, 2,700-metre program will test three zones highlighted in past drilling. …
Andersen case proves importance of trust Ill repute
It may have started with a little joke in a meeting about how far the auditor would let a company go. But by mid-March, the destruction of a multi-national accounting and business consulting firm was …
Atna builds on Cerro Negro’s potential
Junior Atna Resources (atn-t) has an option to acquire the large Cerro Negro copper-oxide deposit in northern Chile from a Chilean subsidiary of Phelps Dodge (pd-n).The deal calls for Atna to make esc…
Mining needs an image boost
COMMENTARY/MICHAEL VAYDIKAsk your kids what they think of mining and they’ll probalby say it’s a dirty business or it tears up the land and leaves a mess behind. Or perhaps they’ll tell you mines are …
Lower PGM prices eat into NAP earnings
With palladium prices well off their recent highs, North American Palladium (pdl-t) recorded lower net income of $1.2 million (or 3 per diluted share) on revenue of $56.9 million during the three mon…
PEOPLE (March 25, 2002)
Algoma Steel — Benjamin Duster appointed chairman and Charles Masson appointed director.Asia Pacific — John Bovard appointed CEO.Canabrava — George Read appointed director.
Mining for values
What values do we have in the Mining Industry? I remember associates from New York telling me that Canada had to clean up its mining industry with improved standards or else it would not be permitted …
Daily Metal Prices (March 25, 2002)
DateMarch 19March 18March 15March 14March 13BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)Aluminium1425.50/14431421/14351420/14351405/1420.501411/…