Apex improves recoveries
Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) intends to increase metal recoveries at its San Cristobal silver-zinc project in south-central Bolivia by adding a fourth cleaner column cell to the processing plant.Silver r…
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Silver wires kill prostate tumours
More than 38,000 cancer patients will be treated this year using silver-bearing prostate seed implants, according to Princeton, N.J.-based Nycomed Amersham Imaging, which makes a brand of the cancer-f…
Spot Prices Wed. October 4, 2000
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$271.30-$3.45Silver$ 4.89-$0.01…
Gold Funds (October 09, 2000)
Gold Funds as of September 28, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$12.66$5.53Price…
De Beers recovers diamonds from Nunavut pipe
The newly discovered Knife kimberlite pipe, at Rhonda Mining’s (RDM-V) Epworth property, 75 km south of Coronation Gulf in Nunavut, has been confirmed as diamondiferous.A 75-kg sample, representing a …
Dayton and Glamis close high-cost gold operations
The low gold price has claimed two more victims: Dayton Mining (DAY-T) is shutting down the Andacollo mine in central Chile, while Reno-based Glamis Gold (GLG-N) follows suit at its Dee mine in northe…
NAN drills Koillismaa
North Atlantic Natural Resources, a Swedish public company held 39% by each of South Atlantic Resources (SCQ-V) and Boliden (BOL-T), has begun exploring for platinum and palladium on the Koillismaa pr…
Twin Mining ships samples
Following up on positive results from two 10-tonne samples from the Torngat property in Nunavut, Twin Mining (TWG-T) has shipped more than 400 tonnes of kimberlite to Lakefield Research in Ontario for…
Exploration companies target Detour Lake region
Prospectors Alliance (YRP-V) will explore the Detour Lake area in eastern Ontario for volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and/or copper-zinc deposits.The Toronto-based company is in the process of …
Ashton finds kimberlite sill on Ric property
An exploration program on the Ric property in far northern Nunavut has culminated in the discovery of a sill-like kimberlite body at the head of a diamondiferous indicator mineral train.Ashton Mining …
Eldorado boosts resource
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) has increased the resource at its Kisladag project in western Turkey to 6.7 million oz., following a 7,600-metre program of reverse-circulation drilling.The new estimate was prep…
Vaaldiam explores ground
Vaaldiam Resources (VRL-V) has begun exploring Mooikloof, one of three South African diamond properties it optioned from SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T).The Toronto-based junior can earn up to a 70% int…