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Drilling program expands Escalones deposit in Chile

Partners General Minerals (GNM-T) and Grupo Mexico have received encouraging results from the first two holes of a 15-hole program at the Escalones copper-gold property, 100 km southeast of Santiago, …


Gold rises in turbulent market

The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 13.96 points, or 0.1%, to 11,511.08 in volatile trading during the report period ended Jan. 11.Mining issues were higher as spot gold on the Comex division of …


Ontario signs on for Western coal

Luscar has signed a 3-year deal to supply coal to Ontario Power.No dollar figure was attached to the deal, with Luscar saying prices will be adjusted yearly according to the consumer price index. The …


Drilling confirms Laronde’s potential

Underground drilling by Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) at its Laronde gold mine in northwestern Quebec continues to confirm the deposit’s rich potential at depth.In October 1999, the company reported that…



METAL PRICES (January 17, 2000)

Date; Jan. 11; Jan. 10; Jan. 7; Jan. 6; Jan. 5; BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne); Aluminium; Al Alloy; Copper; Lead; Nickel; Tin; Zinc; PRECIOUS M…


Producer and Dealer Prices (January 17, 2000)


Voisey’s Bay between rock and a hard place

Trapped between a rock and a hard place about sums up the fate of the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt project in Labrador. Hopes that the moribund project might move forward this year were dashed wh…


Cambior drills Santo Nino

Preliminary drilling at the Santo Nino gold-silver project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state has returned encouraging results for Cambior (CBJ-T).Five core holes were sunk 200-400 metres apart along a 1.4-k…


LME WHSE LEVELS (January 17, 2000)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 11/00 (change from Jan. 4 in brackets):Aluminium768,350(-6,150)…


INDEX (January 17, 2000)

Agnico-Eagle Mines1Altius Min.1Altoro Gold19Anglogold11Artgallery-live14Ashanti Goldfields3, 11Aurizon Mins6Barrick Gold11…


Laronde

The Spanish government has granted Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) title to the Escalada exploration concession.Situated in the country’s southwestern region, the 80-sq.-km concession is near the Rio Tinto, C…


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