PEOPLE — Latitude Minerals (March 29, 1999)
Robert Kolt appointed director.
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PEOPLE — ITL Capital
Robert Paul appointed director, James Pettit appointed secretary.
Social problems in developing countries pose challenge — Canadian companies learning that it pays to be a friendly neighbour
Although Canadian mining companies have made considerable progress improving their environmental record, few of them paid much attention to their social record — particularly in developing nations –…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Devco mines deserve support
Patrick Whiteway’s letter about Devco (“Devco deposits not exactly mines,” T.N.M., Feb. 15-21/99) prompts me to add several comments of my own.I beg to differ with his somewhat tongue-in-cheek stateme…
General Minerals cuts mineralization
General Minerals (GNM-T) has encountered significant mineralization while drilling at the Escalones copper-gold project, 100 km southeast of Santiago in central Chile.The company hit 125.9 metres grad…
EASTERN MARKETS — Canadian exchanges propose major overhaul
Near the end of the March 10-16 report period, the four largest Canadian stock exchanges — Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Alberta — announced their intention to merge.Citing increased foreign comp…
Royalty sister buys stake in Cripple Creek
Euro-Nevada Mining (EN-T) has offered to buy a majority interest in Golden Cycle Gold (GCC-P), minority owner of the Cripple Creek-Victor joint venture, west of Colorado Springs, Colo.Euro intends to …
EDITORIAL — Climate change beyond human control — Exercise in folly
If geological time were divided into a 12-hour clock, humans would show up at midnight. Yet these two-legged creatures are so puffed up with self-importance that groups of them are plotting ways to cu…
AG cuts high grades
Red-hot junior Argentina Gold (ARP-V) has released still more encouraging results from its aggressive drilling campaign at the Veladero project in northwestern Argentina.Reverse-circulation drilling a…
METAL PRICES (March 22, 1999)
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BHP drills Bolivian gold target
Partners Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) and Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) have announced a 3,000-metre drill program to expand known mineralization at the Pederson gold project in the Altiplano region of w…