Economic anarchy
At the start of the 20th century, anarchists sought to destabilize the Western World by hatching a myriad of diabolical plots to murder members of royal families and prominent politicians. William McK…
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ODDS ‘N’ SODS: Quemont
The name “Quemont” evokes many memories for me. The Quebec property is immediately north of the big Noranda Mines discovery that put Rouyn-Noranda on the mining map. However, according to experts at t…
Dos Amigos shows bulk-tonnage potential
Geophysical surveys and chip sampling on the Dos Amigos gold property in the northwestern Mexican state of Chihuahua have yielded encouraging results for Duran Gold (DRN-V).An induced-polarization (IP…
Drilling program expands Escalones deposit in Chile
Partners General Minerals (GNM-T) and Grupo Mexico have received encouraging results from the first two holes of a 15-hole program at the Escalones copper-gold property, 100 km southeast of Santiago, …
Gold rises in turbulent market
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 13.96 points, or 0.1%, to 11,511.08 in volatile trading during the report period ended Jan. 11.Mining issues were higher as spot gold on the Comex division of …
SPOT PRICES, Wed. January 12, 2000Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$282.25+$0.15Silver$ 5.15-$0.13…
METAL PRICES (January 17, 2000)
Date; Jan. 11; Jan. 10; Jan. 7; Jan. 6; Jan. 5; BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne); Aluminium; Al Alloy; Copper; Lead; Nickel; Tin; Zinc; PRECIOUS M…
Cambior drills Santo Nino
Preliminary drilling at the Santo Nino gold-silver project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state has returned encouraging results for Cambior (CBJ-T).Five core holes were sunk 200-400 metres apart along a 1.4-k…
LME WHSE LEVELS (January 17, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 11/00 (change from Jan. 4 in brackets):Aluminium768,350(-6,150)…
Laronde
The Spanish government has granted Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) title to the Escalada exploration concession.Situated in the country’s southwestern region, the 80-sq.-km concession is near the Rio Tinto, C…
INDEX (January 17, 2000)
Agnico-Eagle Mines1Altius Min.1Altoro Gold19Anglogold11Artgallery-live14Ashanti Goldfields3, 11Aurizon Mins6Barrick Gold11…
Ashanti fights shareholder revolt
Unhappy at the direction Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) is taking to solve its financial woes, four groups of disgruntled shareholders have filed proceedings with the High Court in Ghana for a special sha…