Inuvialuit get reprieve from Senate
An aboriginal group from Canada’s Northwest Territories is continuing its efforts to amend the boundaries of a proposed park covering a portion of their territory believed to be prospective for nickel…
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Inmet suspends mining at Winston Lake — Reserves to be recalculated during 3-month review period
With zinc prices remaining low and a newly developed ore zone failing to live up to expectations, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) is suspending operations at its troubled Winston Lake zinc-copper mine on the nor…
More mineralization for Cross Lake at Sheraton
Drilling by Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-V) at the Sheraton Twp. property, 40 km east of Timmins, Ont., has intersected more base metal mineralization along an exhalative horizon south of the Destor-Porcu…
Moss acquires discovery
A copper-silver-gold discovery near Quebec’s Val d’Or mining camp has caught the eye of Moss Resources (MRS-T).The Toronto-based junior recently signed an agreement to acquire 30 claims in Denain Twp….
Portuguese zinc-copper project viable
A prefeasibility study indicates that the Aljustrel mining complex in southern Portugal can be brought into production swiftly and economically.Rescan Engineering performed the prefeasibility study wh…
El Callao boosts resource
El Callao Mining (ECM-V) has increased by half a million ounces the overall resource estimate at its Lo Increible gold property in Venezuela.Indicated and inferred resources from six deposits now tota…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Has gold lost its lustre? — Canada selling again
Gold bugs are nothing if not faithful to their precious metal of choice. Any day now, they say, gold will break out of its below-US$300-per-oz. trading trough and head straight for the stars. Unfortun…
PEOPLE — American Gem (December 14, 1998)
Wayne Beach and Ian Bradley appointed directors; Vic Alboini appointed president.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Experience key to reliable geostat data
In response to your editorial “Challenging geostatistics” (T.N.M., Sept. 28-Oct. 4/98), I agree with Jan Merks that the method of ore reserve estimation by kriging within geological limits is incorrec…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Pioneer awaits freeze-up in Saskatchewan
Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) will begin an $800,000 exploration program for uranium in northern Saskatchewan as soon as Riou Lake freezes.Work will include a ground geophysical survey and a 4,000-metre dril…
Red Lake spearheads better flow-through deal
In January, the town of Red Lake, Ont., will begin lobbying the federal government to revamp flow-through share financing for mining exploration and development projects in Canada.A revised flow-throu…
Meetings (December 14, 1998)
Dec. 14, Cabo Dec. 14, Concho Dec. 14, High Desert Dec. 14, Leader Dec. 14, Ontex Dec. 15, Aurogin Dec. 15, Barramundi Gold Dec. 15, Brownstone Dec. 15, Caldera Dec. 15, CKD Dec. 15, Cons. Texas Dec. …