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Southern Arc picks prospects in Indonesia

Vancouver — Canadian junior companies are a rare sight in Indonesia since the Busang “gold” deposit went bust in 1997, but for the few contrarians in the game, the dearth of competition means more op…


Before mining begins

— The following is an excerpt from Mining Explained, published by The Northern Miner….


DRC approves terms for Tenke Fungurume

Vancouver — The transitional government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has approved the terms of amended agreements that will govern future development of the renowned Tenke Fungurume copp…


Thistle likely to cut jobs at President Steyn

With a recent corporate restructuring out of the way, Thistle Mining (THT-T) is turning its attention to the high-cost President Steyn gold mines in South Africa’s Free State. Thist…


From left: Brian Baird, head of mine planning with Melbourne-based BHP Billiton; McGill University Professor Roussos Dimitrakopoulos; and Michael Eamon, head of hydrometallurgy and technology with BHP Billiton. The company acknowledged the work of Dimitrakopoulos at recent a ceremony where it presented the professor with $800,000 for further research.

McGill mines mineral expert

Renowned scholar Roussos Dimitrakopoulos has joined McGill University in Montreal to pursue his ongoing research into mine engineering….


Chris Fleming, Vice-President of Global Metallurgy with SGS Lakefield.

SGS Lakefield feeds on MinnovEX

SGS Lakefield Research, a unit of Geneva-based Socit Gnrale de Surveillance (SGS) Group, has become an even bigger fish after swallowing Toronto-based metallurgical firm MinnovEX Technologies. Ter…


Spot Prices Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $431.00 +6.50
Silver $7.24 +0.16
Platinum<...


Redcorp’s Tulsequah gets approval

Vancouver — Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T) has received final environmental approvals for its Tulsequah polymetallic project, situated about 95 km south of Atlin in northwestern British…





Toronto miners droop during earnings season

Toronto stocks survived a late stumble to finish the holiday-shortened July 26-29 report period 60.38 points better at a multi-year high of 10,422.93. The S&P-TSX Canadian Gold Index reversed cour…


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