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Pacific NW cuts high grade at River Valley
Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has intersected impressive intervals of platinum and palladium at its River Valley project, 60 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont.The project is a 50-50 joint…
The Northern Miner Indices (September 22, 2003)
North American Mining: 89.26 (-0.81)Small Producers: 88.39 (-3.31)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Trendy trinkets and exotic accessories
Take a peek into a jewelry store, and diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires are pretty much all you’re likely to see. These are the gemstones most widely considered to be “precious,” and those that…
Crystallex gets Cristinas numbers (September 22, 2003)
A feasibility study on the Las Cristinas gold project in Bolivar state, Venezuela, has concluded that a 300,000-oz.-per-year operation would be economic at present gold prices, and project operator Cr…
NovaGold Funds work in Alaska
Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) will raise $25 million by issuing common shares and share purchase warrants in order to finance exploration of the Rock Creek and Nome properties in Alaska.The …
Banro looks to Twangiza project
Vancouver — Some eight years after gaining a foothold in the politically unstable but mineral-rich Democratric Republic of Congo and five years since the government took its exploration projects away…
A sure cure for depression
— The following is the second of two excerpts from Wesley Earl Dunkle: Alaska’s Flying Miner, recently published by University Press of Colorado. The 274-page book was written by Charles Caldwell Haw…
Jacobina restart economic: study
A feasibility study on the Jacobina gold mine in Brazil indicates it would be economic for operator Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T) to put the deposit back into production.The study by SNC Lavalin indicated…
Diamond smuggling crackdown in Sierra Leone
Authorities in Sierra Leone have launched a series of raids on illegal diamond offices operating in the eastern part of the gem-rich West African country.In mid-September police and officials from the…
When negligence costs
Every month, hundreds of claims come to this desk. Some of them are phonies. And I know which ones. How do I know? Because my little man tells me . . . the little man in here [points to abdomen]. Ever…
Pechiney says oui to sweetened deal
French aluminum producer Pechiney has accepted a new sweetened takeover offer from Alcan (AL-T).The new cash-and-share offer is worth 47.50 euros per share and includes a bonus of 1 euro per share, pr…