More drilling slated for Beta Vargas
Lyon Lake Mines (LLL-M) has begun a 2,500-metre reverse-circulation drilling program at its producing Beta Vargas property in Costa Rica.The program has been designed to outline additional gold reserv…
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Companies (June 22, 1998)
Aber ResourcesAnglo AmericanAriel ResourcesArlo ResourcesAurizon MinesAzimut ExplorationBarrick GoldBlack Pearl MineralsBlue Emerald ResourcesBolidenBroken Hill ProprietaryCambiorChannel ResourcesCrys…
METAL FUTURES (June 22, 1998)
Settlement prices for London Metal Exchange spot metal and three-month contracts, June 16/98 (US$ per tonne):MetalsCash Price3 Month Price…
TSE INDICES (June 22, 1998)
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Winspear encouraged by bulk-sampling results on dyke
A surface bulk-sampling program on a shallow-dipping diamondiferous kimberlite dyke at the Camsell Lake property in the Northwest Territories has yielded a significant number of large “gem-quality” st…
Index (June 22, 1998)
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Bre-X founder dies
David Walsh, the stock promoter behind the meteoric rise of disgraced junior Bre-X Minerals, died June 4 at age 52 following a massive stroke.Walsh was admitted to a Bahamian hospital May 31 and had b…
EDITORIAL — Fire-assay checks should be prescribed — Lessons learned the hard way
In early 1994, the salting gang at the Busang ounce factory in Kalimantan realized that the coarse placer gold they were adding to drill-core samples caused “reproducibility problems” between duplicat…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — QUERY — Aurlot transformed into Black Pearl
As a long-time subscriber to The Northern Miner, I know that in the past you answered questions on mining companies that are seemingly defunct. I would very much like to know what has happened to Cadi…
Sutton tables feasibility for Bulyanhulu
The final stamp of economic approval has been given to Sutton Resources’ (STT-T) 85%-held Bulyanhulu gold project in Tanzania.The final feasibility study for Bulyanhulu was prepared by Kilborn Enginee…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — Juniors seeking NWT diamonds fare well
The Vancouver Stock Exchange mining index fell below the 400 level during the June 10-16 report period, losing 34.63 points, or 8.2%, to close at 387.97. The composite index was down 42.91 points, or …
Etruscan lures Anglo to Tiawa
Having parted ways with Placer Dome (PDG-T), junior Etruscan Resources (EET-T) has enlisted South African-based mining house Anglo American to help develop its Tiawa gold concession in western Niger.T…