Vancouver — Reverse-circulation drilling by Tenke Mining (TNK-T) has cut impressive copper-silver-gold mineralization on the 264-sq.-km Vicuna property, which straddles the border between Chile and A…
Higher head grades have prompted Goldcorp (G-T) to increase its 2001 production forecast for the Red Lake mine in Ontario.The mine, which re-entered commercial production on Jan. 1, is now expected to…
Drilling by Wallbridge Mining (WM-T) on the Parkin dyke, 65 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont., is indicating that known mineralization is continuous at depth and that the mineralized zones may plunge to t…
After investigating the sale of a substantial portion of the United Kingdom’s gold reserves, Britain’s National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded that the auction method used was more suitable than the…
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Vancouver — Encouraging results from last year’s drilling on the Midrim and Foy properties have prompted junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) to intensify its hunt for nickel sulphides in Ontario and Quebe…
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.7ComincoCLT-T4.5FalconbridgeFL-T6.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.8Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.0Homestake MiningHM-N3….
I had the privilege of working with Talis Kalnins on several mineral exploration projects throughout British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, prior to his long career with the B.C. M…
Reports out of Africa say Laurent Kabila, populist leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was assassinated by his own bodyguards during an attempted coup at his palace home in the capital c…
BHP Diamonds, a division of Australia-based BHP (BHP-N), has identified 22 potential kimberlite targets on the DHK and WI joint-venture claim blocks in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territorie…
After a US$353-million expansion, Billiton has mined its first ferronickel from the Cerro Matoso nickel laterite operation, near Montelibano in northern Colombia.An open-pit mine, Cerro Matoso has mor…
Early one morning in May 1953, on a train south to Algoma from Elliot Lake, Ont., I was abruptly awakened in my lower berth by none other than Harry Buckles, the well-known mining engineer who would p…
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