Canico steps up nickel exploration at Ona Puma
Ourilandia, Brazil — With eight drill rigs on site and four more on the way, Canico Resource (CNI-T) is intensifying exploration of the Ona Puma nickel laterite project in Brazil’s Para state.Engine…
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Editorial Cartoon (June 23, 2003)
New threat to US dollar hegemony
“Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: ‘A time is certainly coming over mankind in which there will be nothing [left] whi…
People (June 23, 2003)
Teck Cominco — Chris Thompson appointed to board of directors.Trivalence — Omair Choudhry appointed CFO; Hamish Malkin resigned as CFO.True North Gems — Len De Melt appointed project m…
Philex, Anglo drill Boyongan
Vancouver — Drilling has so far failed to find additional resources at the North project in the Philippines.Partners Philex Gold (PGI-V) and Anglo American (AAUK-Q) have seven rigs turning in an effo…
Placer doubles Cortez resource
Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) has doubled the measured and indicated resource at its 60%-owned Cortez Hills discovery in Nevada.Discovered in late April of this year, Cortez Hills now holds a measu…
The Big Three
(The first instalment of this article appeared in our issue of June 2-8, 2003.)Mention “the big three,” and many people will immediately think: Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Or perhaps the younger …
Xstrata gets court nod (June 23, 2003)
The Supreme Court of Queensland has approved London-listed Xstrata’s A$4.9-billion cash-and-debt takeover of Aussie miner M.I.M. Holdings.The court’s decision was late in coming, as it investigated al…
Platinova drops merger, faces listing review
The Toronto Stock Exchange is reviewing the specialty shares of Platinova Resources (PVA.S-T) to see if they meet the requirements for continued listing. Also under review are the common shares of par…
Stillwater says ‘da’ to Norilsk Nickel
Shareholders of Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) have given the green light to Norilsk Nickel’s cash-and-metal offer for 51% of the Montana-based company.About 82.9% of the votes cast at a special meeting in…
LME Warehouse Levels (June 23, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 17 (change from June 10 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1115150(-1…
New diamond province emerging in Europe
A new diamond province is quietly taking shape in Finland, where AIM-listed European Diamonds (EPD-LSE) is drill-testing several targets discovered by a combination of surface sampling and geophysics….