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DIAMOND PAGE — Diavik JV to evaluate diamonds

The Diavik Diamond joint venture in the Northwest Territories has begun processing an underground bulk sample of more than 3,000 tonnes of kimberlite material.The material was extracted from pipe A-41…



Java Gold, Pursuit launch programs in Mongolia

Alluvial gold production is under way at the Gazar property of Java Gold (JVAG-C).The company’s two gold production plants have arrived at the property, situated in Mongolia’s Zaamar Valley. Commissio…


Birim to gain ground in Ghana

Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has agreed to acquire from Santa Fe Pacific Gold a 90% interest in three gold licences covering most of the Bui structural belt in western Ghana.Santa Fe is a subsidiary of Ne…


ODDS ‘N’ SODS — The mechanic’s apprentice

In 1934, Bill White, the master mechanic at Paymaster Consolidated Mines in Timmins, Ont., hired a young man as a machine shop apprentice.Jimmie Gregulski, a boy of Polish descent from the nearby town…


Cameco producing at Kumtor

Cameco (CCO-T) reports that the Kumtor gold mine in the Tien Shan mountains of eastern Kyrgyzstan has entered into commercial production, with a declared starting date of May 1, 1997.The company state…


Teck to drill Barry gold property

The Barry gold property near Quvillon-Chibougamau, in northwestern Quebec, has a history of delivering plenty of smoke but no fire.The property enjoyed its 15 minutes of fame in the spring of 1995 whe…


RTZ-CRA changes name

The dual-listed company formed by the merger of British-based RTZ and Australian-based CRA will henceforth be listed under two names: Rio Tinto PLC and Rio Tinto Ltd., respectively.The companies merge…


COMMENTARY — Quality control, part 1

-scale quality control (QC) procedures to monitor the sampling and analyses of geological materials have only recently been used in mineral exploration.At one time, only a few companies had an establi…


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