Carosue Dam gets nod
A positive bankable feasibility study on the Carosue Dam gold project in Australia paves the way for Teck’s (TEK-T) 79%-owned subsidiary, PacMin Mining, to begin development.Situated 110 km northeast …
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Juniors struggle to find favour with investors
Junior companies are facing the struggle of their lives during this prolonged industry downturn, and the general view is that only the brightest and the best will survive. But even juniors with compet…
MM2000 Issues Forums to explore problems facing industry
The Millennium Kids will be performing, along with Bobby D and the Swing Cats. Monte Hummel of the World Wildlife Fund will be there, as will most of the mines ministers of the world. David Goldman of…
Wheaton advances Bellavista mine
Toronto-based Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has moved one step closer to commercial production at its wholly owned Bellavista gold project in Costa Rica.The company recently received what it describe…
GOLD FUNDS (February 21, 2000)
Gold Funds as of Feb 10, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$14.48$5.90Price$9.25…
Life at the Emerald camp
The Emerald mine camp, on the southwest slope of British Columbia’s Iron Mountain, was at an elevation of 3,600 ft. and at the mercy of the weather. However, during the Second World War, Cominco built…
METAL PRICES (February 21, 2000)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateFeb. 15Feb. 14Feb. 11Feb. 10…
TSE Shorts (February 14, 2000)
Short positions outstanding at January 31, 2000Larger individual positions include:Abitibi-Consolidated 1,764,513 up 470,841; Alcan Aluminum 1,106,613 down 310,945; Anderson Exploration 194,…
Tenke targets showings
Junior Tenke Mining (TNK-T) will drill four large targets on its Vicuna gold exploration project, in central Argentina.All four targets are known to feature strongly anomalous gold-in-soil concentrati…
Golden Peaks drills at Sierra de las Minas
Having completed 10 diamond drill holes on the V-1 gold vein at the Sierra de las Minas property in northwestern Argentina, Golden Peaks Resources (GL-V) is moving its rig northwest to the Core zone.T…
MEETINGS (February 14, 2000)
Feb 16 Webb Bay — annual, specialFeb 17 Camphor — annual, extraordinaryFeb 17 Caribgold — specialFeb 17 Cons. Copperstone — annual, generalFeb 17 Ede…
Eldorado reports private placement
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) has raised $8 million in a private placement of 9.5 million special warrants priced at 90 each.Each special warrant is exchangeable for a unit, consisting of one share and half …