Olympus drills Vietnamese prospect
Junior gold explorer Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-V) has hit narrow, high-grade gold mineralization in closely spaced drilling at its Phuoc Son property in central Vietnam.The 6-hole program tested f…
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Anaconda sues nickel mine contractor
Australian nickel producer Anaconda Nickel has filed a US$192-million lawsuit against contractor Fluor Daniel, blaming the engineering firm for start-up woes at the US$650-million Murrin Murrin nickel…
Expansion renders Grasberg a titan — Third quarter highlighted by falling production costs
Perched high in the rugged highlands of the Sudirman Mountain range in this Indonesian province is one of the richest and most remote copper-gold mining operations in the world. It may also be the wor…
EuroZinc hits best hole ever at Aljustrel
Drilling by EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T) has confirmed the presence of high-grade mineralization at the Feitais zinc deposit in southern Portugal.The hole, drilled in the newly discovered FS60 zone, hit 25…
Apex completes offering
Two equity offerings by Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) have raised a combined US$97.1 million, to be put toward construction of the San Cristobal project in Bolivia.In early November, the company announced…
METAL PRICES, Daily Metal Prices (November 15, 1999)
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Hebron Fjord finds anomalies
An airborne magnetic survey has identifed several anomalies at Hebron Fjord’s (HEF-M) gold-copper property in southern Peru.The anomalies occur along a northeasterly trending fault and cut across the …
Minera Andes picks up ground
Although known for its exploration projects in Argentina, Minera Andes (MAI-A) has signed an agreement with the Romanian government to explore two properties in that country.The Voia and Ostoros prope…
Writedown cuts into earnings at Cameco
Uranium and gold producer Cameco (CCO-T) salvaged a quarterly profit despite having taken a $45.5-million charge against the value of its properties.For the three months ended Sept. 30, the Saskatoon-…
COMMENTARY — Industry must finds its voice
It has been only three decades since the first environmental laws were enacted. While most experts believe the laws have increased the quality of our lives, various debates over the resulting costs an…
OBITUARY — Kenneth Darke
Kenneth Darke, who helped discover the huge Kidd Creek base metal deposit near Timmins, Ont., has died following a long battle with cancer. He was 66.Born in Trail, B.C., Darke obtained a geological e…