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Santa Fe to list gold subsidiary

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Santa Fe Pacific Gold is planning an initial public offering of 18 million shares at US$13.50-$15.50 per share. Santa Fe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Santa Fe Pacific (NYSE)…



Development fund for Latin America

A US$60-million capital development fund is being formed to provide financing to small-to-medium-sized mining companies in Latin America. To be known as the Oroya Mining Development Fund, it will be m…


Queen’s MinEX hosting workshop

A workshop entitled “Structural Geology for Exploration and Mining Geologists” is planned for May 29-June 4 at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont. The course, sponsored by QMinEx, will review methods u…


Int’l Platinum shares nosedive on TSE findings

The shares of International Platinum Corp. (IPC) plunged 87 cents from its pre-halt high of $1.20 following release of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s findings from an investigation into the company’s Ar…


Debate to focus on environment

A public debate on May 19 at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto will assess the way mining relates to the environment. Members of the mining community, environmental groups and academia will ai…


Bre-X continues drilling Indonesian prospects

Having rebuffed several interested majors, Bre-X Minerals (ASE) intends to continue exploring and advancing several projects in Indonesia. A key project is the Busang prospect in East Kalimantan provi…


THE EDITORIAL PAGE — The future of mining

It was quite a sight. At a console, set up in a hall at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, sat an Inco employee, his eyes fixed on a video monitor in front of him, his hands working the joy sticks o…


Drilling increasing fortunes of La Fortuna

Drilling by San Fernando Mining (VSE) has increased both the strike and dip length of the established zone on La Fortuna, a gold-silver-copper project in Mexico’s Durango state. Work by previous opera…


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