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Can things get better? The view from the trough

The year 2001 may go down as the year we were paid back for the financial excesses of the 1990s.Recession is biting the North American economies, Continental Europe is feeling the first nibbles, and t…



Yukon extends tax credit

The Yukon government has extended its mineral exploration tax credit by one year to April 1, 2003. The announcement was made at the Yukon Geoscience Forum in Whitehorse.The credit is a refundable corp…


PEOPLE (December 31, 2001)

AMT International — Karine Simoes and Dora Santschi appointed directors.Boulder — Nelson Baker appointed vice-president exploration and John Magee appointed vp corporate development.Crew Developm…






Exploration companies tightened belts in 2001

With prices for base and precious metals sagging, funding for exploration has become scarce, a fact borne out by Halifax-based Metals Economic Group’s latest study of exploration budgets for 679 compa…


More drilling slated for Boyongan

Vancouver — The purchase of an additional 10% stake in Philex Mining’s (PGI-V) Boyongan copper-gold prospect in the Philippines has propelled Anglo American (AUUK-Q) to step up the pace of drilling.T…


Majors sink with Metal Prices

An easing of base and precious metal prices during the week before Christmas resulted in a broad decline in producers stocks.Southern Peru Copper was off 14 to US$11.16 as it placed US$73 million wor…


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