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 –…
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 (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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Daily Metal PricesBASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMar. 16Mar. 15Ma…
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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…
77.54 (-2.89)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Junior Metallica Resources (MR-T) has intersected high-grade gold values at its 50%-held La Fortuna property in north-central Chile.La Fortuna is adjacent to the company’s wholly owned El Morro porphy…
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