BASE METALS — Rio Tinto eyes zinc project
A zinc-lead-silver project with similarities to the Polaris mine in Canada’s High Arctic has caught the eye of Rio Tinto Mining (RTP-N).The London-based major plans to spend US$500,000 on a summer pro…
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Companies (June 28, 1999)
Aber ResourcesAurizon MinesBarrick GoldCambiorCamphor VenturesCanaco ResourcesClaude ResourcesCogema ResourcesComincoCSA ManagementDayton MiningDe Beers Consolidated MinesDenison MinesDia…
Meetings (June 28, 1999)
June 28, African Selection June 28, Akrokeri-Ashanti June 28, Almaden June 28, Bandolac June 28, Barramundi June 28, Big Horn June 28, Birim June 28, Broadlands June 28, Buffalo Diamonds June 28, Copp…
BASE METALS — Chesbar eyes nickel project in Guatemala
Joint-venture partners Intrepid Minerals (IAU-T) and Chesbar Resources (CBI-M) are investigating a laterite-type nickel deposit in eastern Guatemala.The companies took notice of the nickel project whi…
GSC efforts benefit diamond exploration
The Geological Survey of Canada has taken a keen interest in diamond exploration in recent years, triggered by the crop of new mines developed or under development in Canada’s Northwest Territories an…
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Listless gold eclipsed by rebounding base metals
Gold prices continued to languish below the US$260 mark during the June 16-22 report period, slipping 20 cents over the week to US$258.70 per oz. on the London morning fix of June 23.Gold’s woes dragg…
THE NORTHERN MINER — Small Producers Index (June 28, 1999)
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BASE METALS — PolyMet tests NorthMet material
Metallurgical tests on material pulled from the NorthMet copper-nickel project in northern Minnesota are returning encouraging results for PolyMet Mining (POM-V).The bio-leach testing is being carried…
SUPPLIERS ROUNDUP — Kvaerner awarded Chilean mine contract
Mining consulting firm Kvaerner has signed a US$170-million deal to design and build a mining and solvent extraction-electrowinning operation at the El Tosoro project in Chile.According to Kvaerner’s …
McClean Lake gets green light from AECB
Following months of deferment, Canada’s Atomic Energy Control Board has approved an operating licence that permits the McClean Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan to begin producing yellowca…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Canadian mineral value drops in 1998
The overall value of Canada’s mineral production fell by 12.3% in 1998 to some $44.3 billion, according to Natural Resources Canada. Significant declines in world prices for major minerals and metals …