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METAL PRICES (January 10, 2000)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 4Jan. 3Dec. 31Dec. 30Dec…
Ashton finances drilling
Diamond-hunter Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has closed a $1.3-million private placement, with proceeds targeted for winter drilling in Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.The financing c…
Barrick, Rio Narcea to JV ground
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has gained a foothold in the gold districts of northwestern Spain following a joint-venture agreement with regional gold producer Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T).The agreement, whic…
Diamond sector enters 2000 on bullish note ( Part 2)
Kennady LakeLast winter, Monopros, the Canadian exploration arm of De Beers, collected bulk drill samples from a cluster of four pipes at Kennady Lake in the Northwest Territories (5034, Hearne, Tuzo …
Diamond sector enters 2000 on bullish note ( Part1)
Underlying market sentiment for the diamond mining sector, from a sales perspective, remains positive going into the new year.De Beers Consolidated Mines (dbrsy-q) announced record diamond sales in 19…
Tahera funds work at Jericho (January 10, 2000)
A private placement will enable Tahera (TAH-T) to fund exploration and development of its Jericho diamond project in Nunavut, 420 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.The deal, which will see 5.6 millio…
Quebec creates research group
Quebec’s Ministry of Natural Resources has joined with several mining companies to create Corem, a mineral research consortium related to the government’s Centre de recherche minerale (CRM) in Ste-Foy…
Mining will emerge from Twilight Zone: Yorkton analysts
Mining analysts Douglas Leishman and Art Ettlinger of Yorkton Securities are optimistic that better times are ahead for the mining sector. In a recent research report titled 2000 and Beyond: The Journ…