Fronteer inks strategic alliance with Aussie major
Australia’s AurionGold has entered into a strategic alliance to explore and develop Fronteer Development Group’s (Y…
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Outokumpu reconsiders Tara sale
Outokumpu has confirmed that it has held talks with several firms regarding the sale of its 200,000-tonne-per-year…
Canatuan guards killed (March 25, 2002)
Two security guards employed by TVI Pacific (tvi-t) were killed during an ambush 8 km from the Canatuan gold property in the Philippine province of Zamboanga del Norte.The junior was gearing up to sta…
TSE Short Positions (March 25, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at March 15, 2002Larger individual positions include Agnico-Eagle 3,181,982 up 163,821; Alcan 1,369,537 up 91,891; Ashton 491,510 up 62,710; Barrick…
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…
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 …