Wheaton River develops Bellavista
With a positive feasibility study in hand, Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) is seeking funds to develop its Bellavista open-pit heap-leach gold project in Costa Rica.Unnamed financial institutions have …
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River hits bonanza grades
Underground drilling at the Eagle River gold mine, near Wawa, Ont., has returned spectacular results for River Gold Mines (RIV-T).Eleven holes drilled to test mineralization below the No. 6 zone inter…
Teck to raise gold-mining profile
Although Teck (TEK-T) has been a gold miner for 85 years, its diversification into copper, zinc, niobium and coal, has prompted recent concerns with analysts that the company is not realizing the full…
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Dow eyes 11,000 mark
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 383.16 points, or 3.7%, in the report period ended April 27 to finish at a new high of 10,831.71, closing in on the 11,000 mark.Mining issues were mixed as gold a…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Corruption a slippery slope
I read your editorial “A vicious circle” (T.N.M., March 8-14/98) and must congratulate you on it.Your scenario, I fear, is right on the money in some of the poorer nations. As a caring company that se…
Noranda posts slim first-quarter earnings — Collahuasi, Raglan boost production of copper and nickel
With a major restructuring behind it and several large projects in the pipeline, Noranda (NOR-T) managed to withstand the effects of low metal prices and turn a slight profit in the first quarter.In t…
Valerie drilling at Estrella
Junior Valerie Gold Resources (VLG-V), one of the Lang Mining Group of companies, is exploring the formerly producing Estrella property in the western Mexican state of Nayarit, 140 km southeast of Maz…
CORRECTION (May 03, 1999)
In our March 15 issue, we incorrectly stated that that certain executives of Kit Resources (KIT-T) had disposed of their options, when in fact they cancelled them.John Zigarlick was actually granted 1…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — The last forty metres
The following is the second in a series in which the author, an exploration geologist based in Delta, B.C., recounts his experiences working in the jungles of Venezuela in the late 1980s and early 199…
PEOPLE — Polymet (May 03, 1999)
Leslie Landefeld appointed director of investor relations.