PEOPLE — Sierra Nevada
M.W. Lee appointed interim president.
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PEOPLE — Rupert
Roger Haiat appointed non-executive director.
Ecuadorian defers payment
Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has allowed Arizona-based junior Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T) to defer the first year’s property payment at the Beroen gold-sliver project in Ecuador until completion of a bankable fe…
High River gets record production, lower costs
Approaching the end of its fourth year as a producer of the yellow metal, High River Gold (HRG-T) has reported record output at reduced cash costs from both its major operations.The New Britannia mine…
Falconbridge rides surge in nickel prices
Falconbridge (FL-T) enjoyed a dramatic turnaround in third-quarter earnings, thanks to higher nickel prices and additional output from the Collahuasi copper mine in Chile.For the three months ended Se…
Inco commissions plant, finds nickel at Totten
Riding the wave of resurgent nickel prices, Inco (N-T) has started up its 85%-owned Goro nickel-cobalt pilot plant in New Caledonia, north of New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean.The US$50-million, 12-to…
Starcore drills Samuels Lake
Partners Starcore Resources (SOE-V) and ProAm Explorations (PMX-V) have intersected more copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum group metals mineralization at their Samuels Lake property in northwestern …
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — Western markets continue slump as gold slides
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index sunk through the 400-point level, losing 8.61 points, or 2.1%, to close the report period ended Oct. 26 at 395.20. Meanwhile, the mining index lost ground …
ALASKA & THE YUKON — Drilling disappoints for Ventures
Drilling at the Carrie Creek gold target in east-central Alaska has come up short for Ventures Resource (VRS-V).The company completed 8,000 ft. of drilling in 10 holes, returning only anomalous gold v…
Meetings (November 01, 1999)
Nov. 1 BluebirdNov 1 Willow CreekNov 2 GranthamNov 3 Admiral BayNov 3 BannerNov 3 Brazilian Int’lNov 4 Diamond FieldsNov 4 Tri-OriginNov 8 CamfloNov 8 CapcoNov 8 ProphetNov 8 TertiaryNov 9 AgauNov 10 …
PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (November 01, 1999)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,165/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.65/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$14.50-16.00/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.798/lb.Indium: Indiu…
Companies (November 01, 1999)
Achieva DevelopmentAlmaden ResourcesAnooraq ResourcesAsarcoAshanti GoldfieldsAtna ResourcesBarrick GoldBlackstone ResourcesBlue Desert MiningBreakwater ResourcesCambiorCamflo ResourcesCamnor Resources…