Diadem buys Mexican properties
Pending completion of due diligence, Diadem Resources (DIR-M) will acquire a 98% interest in a 70-claim, 57,000-ha portfolio of properties in Mexico’s Zacatecas state.The Morrow, Bilbao and Zacatecas …
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Camnor, Oromin test Cirque property
Reconnaissance drilling on the Cirque property, south of Fairbanks, Alaska, has returned massive sulphide mineralization over narrow widths for partners Camnor Resources (CMB-V) and Oromin Exploration…
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Lac des les feasibility under way
Results from a second phase of drilling by North American Palladium (PDL-T) at its Lac des les palladium mine could see the money-losing operation turned around.Situated near Thunder Bay, Ont., Lac d…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — COMMENTARY — NDP blamed for poor BC image
A study released last year by the Fraser Institute has created the mistaken impression that British Columbia has a low mineral potential. The study, Survey of Mining Companies Operating in North Ameri…
Sulliden finds gold, silver in Peru
Grab sampling by Montreal-based Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) at the Santo Toribio property in Peru’s Ancash district has led to the discovery of an epithermal gold-silver system.The sampling was part …
GOLD FUNDS (September 20, 1999)
Gold Funds as of September 9, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$13.245.45Price$9.05…
CIM returns to table
The noon-hour meetings of the Toronto-branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum will resume Sept. 23 with a discussion of the North American gold mining sector.Donald MacLea…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Tandem options Tilly Lake prospect
Junior Tandem Resources (TDM-M) has optioned a 3,000-ha prospect with copper, gold and silver showings in the Tilly Lake area, 90 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont.Tandem has made an initial payment of $…
PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (September 20, 1999)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,210/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.25/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$18.70-20.25/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.8085/lb.Indium: Indi…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — Composite index takes tumble in Vancouver
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index dove 6.15 points, or 1.5%, to close at 406.06 over the report period ended Sept. 14. The mining index lost 3.1 points, or 1.1%, to finish the week at 274.8…
THE NORTHERN MINER — Small Producers Index (September 20, 1999)
65.82 (+0.90)