Greek gov’t suspends work at TVX’s Stratoni
Mining has been suspended again in parts of TVX Gold’s (TVX-T) Stratoni silver-lead-zinc operation, 65 km east of the Greek port of Thessaloniki.The Greek Ministry of Development told the company the …
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Wheaton River gains Aussie, Argentine assets
Vancouver — In a deal that more than doubles its production, Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has agreed to buy Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N) Peak gold mine in Australia along with the major’s 25% stake in Argen…
Rosy forecast for base Metal Prices
Despite prevailing macro uncertainties we are expecting a substantial improvement in base metal prices this year.The risk remains that economic growth will continue to disappoint and that a second rec…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JANUARY 8-14
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeSouth Am Gld&CT411310.130.080.10+0.03…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, JANUARY 8-14
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT1366224.6523.1023.12-0.83…
Miramar tallies Doris North study
Vancouver — An independent feasibility study of the Doris North gold deposit on the Hope Bay project in Nunavut calls for a 668-tonne-per-day operation and production of 311,693 oz. gold over a mine …
Agnico finds gold at Lapa
Drilling by mid-tier gold producer Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) at the Lapa property of Breakwater Resources (BWR-T), 11 km east of Agnico’s LaRonde mine in northwestern Quebec, has intersected extensio…
Cambior sharpens trimmers in ’03
With gold climbing to prices not seen in years, Cambior (CBJ-T) plans to trim its hedge book by about 40% to around 800,000 oz. gold in 2003.The reduction would see the company’s hedge position drop t…
‘Six Sigma’ solves problems
The “Six Sigma” system has been around for some time. For those who have been out of the picture or are unaware of what Six Sigma is, I offer the following: it is the use of a rigorous, statistics-bas…
BC & Yukon Chamber gives Pezim Award to John Brock Bernanke
John Brock, president of Vancouver-based Badger and Co. Management, will receive the Murray Pezim Award from the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines.He and 10 other leaders in the west coast’s e…
Peer review needs context
I believe the scientific peer review process deserves discussion in a broader context than it has received thus far (see previous letter by Jan Merks in T.N.M., Dec. 2-8/02 and by David R.M. Pattison …
Pele aims drills at Ardeen gold project
Another old gold project is being dusted off and revived: Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) is about to begin drilling at its wholly owned Ardeen mine property, 110 km west of Thunder Bay, Ont.Situated …