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Mining in the main pit at the Samira Hill gold mine in Niger, West Africa. Partners Etruscan Resources and Semafo believe the deposit is just one of several in the emerging "Samira Horizon."

Jubilant partners scale Samira Hill

Niamey, Niger — It doesn’t happen all that often, and until now it had never happened in Niger, but partners Etruscan Resources (EET-T) and Semafo (SMF-T) have opened a gold mine.


Nobody knows our Soros

The forthcoming presidential election in the United States crept up on us, not so much because we can’t read a calendar as because the year-long crawl to the first Tuesday in November seemed not to be going anywhere very fast.


Stoping methods

The following is an excerpt from the ninth edition of Mining Explained, published by The Northern Miner.


Patrick Terrance O’Kane

Patrick Terrance O’Kane, a project manager and processing consultant who spent roughly 50 years in the mining and mineral processing industry, has died in Coquitlam, B.C. He was 71.



A plane carries supplies and personnel to Wolfden Resources' High Lake camp in Nunavut.

Wolfden propels High Lake toward feasibility

At its High Lake polymetallic project in Nunavut, Wolfden Resources (WLF-T) is making the most of a spectacular grassroots exploration find and the relatively inexpensive purchases of a gold deposit and a mill.



The ore-processing facilities at the Zinkgruvan lead-zinc mine, 200 km southwest of Stockholm, Sweden. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto and Lundin Mining.

Lundin celebrates Swedish homecoming

Stockholm, Sweden — As a result of acquiring the Zinkgruvan mine in central Sweden from Rio Tinto (RTP-N), Vancouver-based Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is supplying lead and zinc concentrate to smelters in northern…



Cdn Arrow cuts nickel

Vancouver — Ongoing drilling by Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) on its Alexo project, 45 km northeast of Timmins, Ont., has yielded further intercepts of high-grade nickel.


Dinner to benefit hospital

Organizers of this year’s “Mining for a Heart of Gold” benefit dinner hope to raise more than the $40,000 amassed in 2003. All funds raised by the event, slated for Nov. 10 in Toronto, will go to Peter’s Hospital at Chedoke in Hamilton, Ont., a 90…



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