LME WHSE LEVELS (February 21, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 15/99 (change from Feb. 8 in brackets):Metal Stock(tonnes)…
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TSE INDICES (February 21, 2000)
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Trivalence expands K23
Stepout drilling has expanded to 4.9 ha the size of the K23 kimberlite at the Aredor diamond concession in Guinea.Operator Trivalence Mining (TMI-V) sank seven holes to test for lateral extensions, tw…
MEETINGS (February 21, 2000)
Feb 23 Auric — annual, generalFeb 23 Houston Lake — annual, generalFeb 24 Avalon — annual, generalFeb 24 Azimut — annual, general, specialFeb 24 Xema…
EVENTS (February 21, 2000)
Feb. 29 CPM Group — “Silver Mining Investment Conference.” New York Mercantile Exchange, New York, N.Y. Tel: (212) 785-8320. Fax: (212) 785-8325. Web site: http://www.cpmgroup.comMarch 2-3…
Rising nickel prices give big boost to Inco
Rising metal prices at year-end combined with declining production costs made it possible for Inco (N-T) to earn a respectable profit for 1999.For the year, the major earned US$17 million (a loss of U…
Golden Ridge gets boost
New drilling results have allowed partners Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T) to double the size of the Main zone at their Golden Ridge project in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria Goldfields d…
New industry for Canada
Canada’s Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) is funded by taxpayers to the tune of billions of dollars each year, yet most Canadians have little knowledge about how its huge …
SPOT PRICES Wed. February 16, 2000
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$300.50-$5.50Silver$ 5.23-$0.13…
Carosue Dam gets nod
A positive bankable feasibility study on the Carosue Dam gold project in Australia paves the way for Teck’s (TEK-T) 79%-owned subsidiary, PacMin Mining, to begin development.Situated 110 km northeast …
Wheaton advances Bellavista mine
Toronto-based Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has moved one step closer to commercial production at its wholly owned Bellavista gold project in Costa Rica.The company recently received what it describe…
Life at the Emerald camp
The Emerald mine camp, on the southwest slope of British Columbia’s Iron Mountain, was at an elevation of 3,600 ft. and at the mercy of the weather. However, during the Second World War, Cominco built…