Lac Knife at feasibility stage
Fermont, Que. — Industrial miner Mazarin (MAZ-T) and its American manufacturing partner Graftech are carrying out a feasibility study of the Lac Knife graphite deposit in the hopes that, within a few…
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Breakwater tables Langlois feasibility study (September 14, 2001)
An independent feasibility study, focusing on Zone 97 at Breakwater Resources’ (BWR-T) Langlois zinc mine near Val…
Antamina cuts forecasts
Vancouver — Some two months after shipping its first load of concentrate, due to falling metal prices the massive…
Inco to close Voisey’s camp
Nickel giant Inco (N-T) has announced that, as the site exploration program at the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobal…
Anaconda Nickel sees bigger loss (September 14, 2001)
Vancouver — The financial woes for Anaconda Nickel continue and the Australian nickel laterite miner has posted a…
CT-55 eastern lobe cut
Vancouver Partners Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) and Tyler Resources (TYS-V) have cut kimberlite on the eastern lob…
Kaiser elects not to reopen smelter
Denver — Kaiser Aluminum (KLU-N) has decided not to reopen its Northwest aluminum smelters, citing weak metal pric…
Trading Summary (September 14, 2001)
A day after being the goats of the market, the Gold & Precious Minerals and Oil & Gas subindices reversed course an…
Northgate pulls hot holes
Vancouver — Some 5.5 km north of the producing Kemess copper-gold mine, operator Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) has…
Teck Cominco to give SGW bid the nod
With no competing bid on the horizon, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) says it intends to accept Sons of Gwalia’s (SGW) takeove…
Assean Lake yields more gold
Vancouver — The initial results from an ongoing 4,500-metre drill program by International Curator Resources (IC-T…
Rio Tinto drops Paul Isnard
With US$830,000 worth of exploration failing to indicate what it considers adequate resources, London-based mining…