Noranda plant subject of CIM meeting
The primary magnesium production plant owned by Noranda in Asbestos, Que., will be the focus of the next luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, to be held Oct. 22 at 1…
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PEOPLE — Black Swan
Nora Coccaro, Arthur Fisher, Luigi Giglio, Greg Moseley, Bryce Porter, and Jonathan Rubenstein appointed directors.
PEOPLE — Homestake (October 12, 1998)
Gerhard Ammann appointed director.
Prime hits silver at Corey
Prime Resources Group (PRU-T) has encountered a narrow interval of high-grade silver mineralization at the Corey property, held by Kenrich Mining (KRC-V) in northeastern British Columbia.The hole, whi…
PEOPLE — Western Pinnacle
Ilya Rosenblum appointed president and director.
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Irrational exuberance gives way to gloom — Is this the bottom?
The morality plays of the Middle Ages used a stock cast of characters who personified the virtues and vices that tug the sleeves of the ordinary person. They generally ended with a cameo appearance by…
New mine plan cuts Gold Reserve’s costs at Las Brisas
By modifying its mine plan, Spokane Wash.-based Gold Reserve (GLR-T) has reduced estimated cash operating costs by as much as 24% at the proposed Las Brisas copper-gold producer in southeastern Venezu…
Ventures buys Alaskan time
Junior Ventures Resource (VRS-V) has re-secured the right to explore 3 million acres of central Alaska.The company negotiated a 2-year extension to its land holdings with the Alaska native corporation…
Pelangio takes over Detour Lake properties
As mining winds down at Detour Lake, 200 km north of Timmins, Ont., Pelangio-Larder Mines (PLLM-C) has moved to assemble the dominant land position in the area by buying up the Placer Dome (PDG-T) pro…
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EDITORIAL & OPINION — GEOLOGY 101 — Sedex massive sulphide deposits, Part 2
Sedementary exhalative deposits grade between 4% and 30% combined lead and zinc, with tonnages of up to 200 million tonnes. The giant deposits at Sullivan, in British Columbia, contained 170 million t…
Hart grabs NWT showings
Preliminary exploration by Golden Hart Exploration (GHXX-C) has uncovered polymetallic showings in iron formation at the Whitehills Lake property in the Northwest Territories.Two of five grab samples …