Ontario leads trade mission to Mexico
The Ontario government has joined the province’s mining equipment industry to push for a bigger share of Mexico’s $1.6-billion mining machinery market.The Trade Team Ontario Mission, as it is called, …
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Aussies improve open-pit shovels
The Co-operative Research Centre for Mining Technology and Equipment (CMTE) in Brisbane, Australia, has commissioned a study to determine ways to increase the productivity of shovels used in open-pit …
Agnico-Eagle, Mentor merge
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) has combined with Toronto-based Mentor Exploration & Development (MV-V) and will retain its original name.Agnico-Eagle acquired the remaining 50.5% of Mentor it did not alre…
Cameco, Pioneer beget uranium explorer
Cameco (CCO-T) and Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) plan to create a public company named UEX, which will explore for uranium in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.The proposed deal calls for Pioneer sharehold…
IMA rewarded in Peru
IMA Exploration (IMR-V) is encouraged by early drill results from a gold-enriched massive sulphide showing on the Rio Tabaconas property in northwestern Peru.The junior recently completed a 30-hole, 1…
Forum targets diesel reductions
An international forum for the exchange of information on the reduction of diesel emissions in mines will take place Nov. 6-8 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Markham, Ont.The conference is expected to …
Tiberon sizes up resource in Vietnam
Vancouver — With five rigs turning on the Nui Phao tungsten-bismuth-copper-gold property in northern Vietnam, Tiberon Minerals (TBR-V) is preparing to calculate a preliminary resource.So far, the Cal…
Northern Abitibi adds ground (October 29, 2001)
Calgary-based Northern Abitibi Mining (NAI-V) is exploring 13 diamond targets in the Chibougamau area of northern Quebec. The program entails prospecting, surface mapping and till sampling.The prospec…
Silver Standard boosts Bowdens resource (October 29, 2001)
Following a 2-year, 32-hole drill program at its Bowdens deposit in New South Wales, Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has increased measured and indicated resources by 25%.The measured and indicated …
Crown gets breathing room (October 29, 2001)
Vancouver — Solitario Resources (SLT-T) is providing a $1-million secured-note financing to its major shareholder, financially beleaguered Crown Resources (CRRS-O).The funds are part of a proposed $3…
Geomaque ups Marathon
Drilling and core sampling by Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has upped the resource estimate at the Marathon palladium project in Ontario’s Hemlo camp.The total measured and indicated resource now stan…
Drilling keeps Canadian Zinc bullish at Prairie Creek
Vancouver — Junior Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) remains encouraged by drill results at its wholly owned Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver property in the Northwest Territories.Recently, the company completed s…