Newmont breaks record in quarter
Newmont Gold (ngc-n) is the first North American gold producer to have produced 1 million oz. in one 3-month period.During the second quarter, the company produced 1.03 million oz. It is now working t…
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Cumberland ups holding in Meadowbank
Vancouver-based Cumberland Resources (cbd-t) has completed its previously announced acquisition of a further 40% interest in the Meadowbank gold project from Comaplex Minerals (cmf-t) (T.N.M., June 30…
Kasese Cobalt inks loan plan for plant
As the political situation in central Africa continues to stabilize, more Canadian-based mining companies are advancing projects, which is having the effect of rebuilding the region’s mineral industry…
Soup project canned in British Columbia
Based on results from this year’s drilling program, Vital Pacific Resources (vpr-v) has decided not to carry out a second phase of drilling at the Soup gold-copper property in northern British Columbi…
People — TENKE
Rudolf Mueller appointed director.
People — PARAMOUNT VENT.
Adrian Lungan appointed president; Paul Conroy appointed chairman; and Colin Orr Ewing appointed director.
People — BLACK HAWK
Ian Shaw appointed vp of finance and chief financial officer.
High Desert Minerals rolls in royalty interests
High Desert Minerals (hdr-v) has entered into a non-arm’s-length letter of intent to merge with Royal Hal, SLH and Gold Trend — private companies owned by Sean and Lee Halavais.The Halavaises are the…
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John Grubb appointed senior vice-president for Zimbabwe.
DIAMOND PAGE — Winspear recovers diamonds at Camsell
Winspear Resources (wsp-v) has recovered diamonds from holes drilled into a complex kimberlite breccia at the Camsell Lake project in the Northwest Territories.The first hole drilled on a geophysical …
Exhibition focuses on Zimbabwe
The mining potential of Zimbabwe will be the focus of an exhibition to be held in Harare from Nov. 10 to 13.Entitled, “Zimine ’97,” the conference will showcase the African country’s burgeoning minera…
May output down for most primary minerals
Canadian production of iron ore and potash increased in May, compared with the same period last year. However, output of gold, silver, lead, zinc, nickel, asbestos and copper was down.The statistics s…