The Master Plan. . . and Wildlands
No man is an island, but if some rabid environmentalists have their way, we could soon be crammed together in human enclaves while half of the North American continent is preserved or restored to wild…
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SPOT PRICES Wed. November 24, 1999
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$297.85+$2.40Silver$ 5.170.00…
Anglogold inks deal in Colombia
Anglogold (AU-N) can earn a half-interest in a 100-sq.-km Colombian land package held by Conquistador Mines (CMG-V). In return, the South African-based major must spend US$2.5 million on exploration o…
LME WHSE LEVELS (November 29, 1999)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 23/99 (change from Nov. 16 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…
EXPLORATION ’99 – RARE METAL EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Avalon updates Big Whopper
Avalon Ventures (AVL-V) has updated a prefeasibility study of its wholly owned Big Whopper petalite (lithium silicate) deposit, north of Kenora, Ont.The company now expects that market demand for its …
Partners seek base metals in Hearst
Partners Dumont Nickel (DNI-M) and North Atlantic Nickel have doubled the size of their Albany property, near Hearst, Ont.The pair added to the 72-sq.-km land package owned by North Atlantic by stakin…
COMMENTARY — Policies, bans spell trouble
.BBby David GoldmanJohn Carrington, chairman of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and chief operating officer of Barrick Gold, did not mince words in a recent speech at Toronto’s Empire Club abou…
Greatest Value Traded, NOV. 17-23
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N375179…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Rising gold saves miners
The Dow Jones industrial average posted a modest gain of 63.3 points to 10,995.63 during the pre-holiday report period ended Nov. 23.Spot gold on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange…
PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (November 29, 1999)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,105/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.55/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$62.50/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$13.50-15.00/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.785/lb.Indium: In…
TSE INDICES, Nov. 18 – 23
1999Nov. 23Nov. 22Nov. 19Nov. 18Nov. 17HighLowCom…
Pele pulls gold at Wawa
Bulk sampling at the Wawa gold project in northern Ontario has returned encouraging results for Pele Mountain Resources (PELE-C).The average grade for 9,260 tonnes was 4.93 grams gold per tonne. Anoth…