NAME CHANGES (December 25, 2000)
Duran Gold Corp. (DRN-V) has changed its name to Duran Ventures Inc. (DRV-V) on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.Nickelodeon Minerals Inc. (NKM-V) has changed its name to Strongbow Res…
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Raymor, McGill team up for lithium project
Quebec City-based Raymor Industries (RAR-V) is collaborating with researchers from McGill University on a project designed to achieve commercial production of lithium metal from the mineral spodumene….
Caribgold picks up land near Perseverance
CaribGold Resources (CG-T) has acquired a 100% interest in 118 contiguous mineral claims about 6 km west of Noranda’s (NOR-T) Perseverance zinc-copper project in the Matagami camp of northern Quebec.C…
MES forum tackles trends
Recent trends in the mining industry will be discussed at the 12th symposium of the Mineral Economic Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum.The Jan. 22 event, to be held …
The d(2) aftermath
It has been 20 years since the passage of Jimmy Carter’s Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which placed more than 104 million acres into various protected designations against …
Ducks in iron suits
When I was a green geological sprout I got fouled up by some dastardly person who had salted a gold property.I will always remember the feeling of great disappointment — followed by rage — when I le…
PEOPLE (December 25, 2000)
Alcan — John Evans appointed non-executive chairman and director; Jacques Bougie, W.R.C. Blundell, Martin Ebner, Travis Engen, Rupert Gasser, Willi Kerth, J.E. Newall, Peter Pearse, Guy Saint-Pierre,…
Fort Knox follows up hot values
Fort Knox Gold Resources (FNX-T) is carrying out an induced-polarization survey over the McBratney Lake platinum-palladium property, 7 km east of Flin Flon, Man.In September, Fort Knox acquired an opt…
Partners find more veins
Partners Eastmain Resources (ER-T) and Quebec government-owned Soquem have discovered six parallel gold-bearing quartz-tourmaline veins during stripping and drilling at their Clearwater property in no…
Inca tests Peruvian tin
Having farmed-out most of its own properties, Inca Pacific Resources (IP-V) has turned its attention to a high-grade tin prospect owned by Peruvian-based Minsur.The Santo Domingo prospect lies 20 km w…
Tulawaka yields more gold
Drilling on the Tulawaka gold property in northern Tanzania has revealed more high-grade results for partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Minires du Nord (MDN-T).Recent results include 134.7 grams per t…
LME WHSE LEVELS (December 25, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 19/00 (change from Dec. 12 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium298925(…