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Black empowerment ‘scorecard’ dominates Indaba
Cape Town, South Africa — Some 1,740 delegates from 38 countries attended the 2003 edition of the Investing in African Mining Conference (Indaba), held here recently, making it the busiest ever. The …
The Northern Miner Indices (March 24, 2003)
North American Mining: 67.76 (+3.89)Small Producers: 58.73 (+4.37)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Jensen deserves credit: Schmidt
A recent letter from Mark Baknes (T.N.M., Feb. 17-23/03) makes it appear that I deserve some credit for Earl Jensen’s discovery of the original Wolverine showing. I was the crew chief of a 4-man prosp…
Semafo leaches Mana gold
Results from bottle-roll tests suggest the Wona and Nyafe oxide gold deposits in Burkina Faso are amenable to heap leaching, reports Semafo (SMF-T).Wona and Nyafe are two of three deposits that make u…
Inco and LionOre strengthen ties
Already sourcing nickel in concentrate from LionOre Mining’s (LIM-T) Emily Ann mine in Western Australia, Inco (N-T) has agreed to another life-of-mine off-take agreement on the junior’s nearby Maggie…
Aquiline raises funds for Calcatreu in Argentina
An unsecured debt financing will provide Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) with enough funds to buy the Calcatreu gold project in Argentina.In late January, Aquiline agreed to pay US$2 million to Newmont Min…
Geoscientists bridge gap
Can geologists bridge the gap between Islamic countries and the West?Osman Shinaishin, a National Science Foundation senior officer who funds geoscience projects, thinks so. A native of Egypt who came…
First Quantum trims its losses
A reduction of its interest in a money-losing subsidiary enabled First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) to trim its losses in 2002.For the 13 months ended Dec. 31, the copper miner recorded a loss of US$3.8 mi…
Sleeping Giant to get deeper shaft
With new zones identified at the Sleeping Giant mine near Amos, Que., operator Cambior (CBJ-T) and joint-venture partner Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) have given the go-ahead to a $7-million shaft extension.T…
South Atlantic updates Storliden reserves
Vancouver — An independent consultant has tabled an updated reserve estimate for the Storliden copper-zinc mine in northern Sweden. The mine is owned by North Atlantic Natural Resources, the 38%-owne…
Terry Flanagan
Boisterous Irish prospector Terry Flanagan, best known for his extensive work in northwestern Quebec with Jack McAdam (1926-1990), has died. He was 74.Flanagan graduated from the University of Toronto…