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DIAMOND PAGE — Archangel expands Russian Grip

Drill results have increased the size of the Grip kimberlite pipe in northwestern Russia for Archangel Diamond (AAD-V).The program, designed to outline the limits of the 14-ha pipe, identified a wide …


Canmine aims to restart plant

AGRA Simons has been retained by Canmine Resources (CMR-T) to investigate the feasibility of resuming production at the hydrometallurgical cobalt extraction plant and refinery in Cobalt, Ont.The initi…


River Gold turns quarterly profit

Although earnings are down, River Gold Mines (RIV-T) remains in the black.For the three months ended Sept. 30, the junior earned $306,000 on revenue of $9.3 million, compared with $2 million on $9.9 m…


Wolverine sulphides treatable: study

Following a $200,000 metallurgical study, Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) and Atna Resources (ATN-T) have concluded that selenium-rich mineralization at the Wolverine massive sulphide deposit in the Yuko…


CORRECTION (November 22, 1999)

Our issue of Nov. 8-14 contained incorrect information regarding the price paid by Viceroy Resources (VOY-T) to purchase the 60% interest in the Paradones Amarillos deposit it did not already own.Echo…


Claude jumps into the black

Despite lower gold prices, Claude Resources (CRJ-A) earned $1.3 million (or 4 cents per share) during the first nine months of the year, compared with a loss of $300,000 (1 cents per share) in the cor…


Hang up the hard hat . . . Put on an apron

Bugs are important to ecosystems (though we’ll never be fans of blood-sucking mosquitoes and flesh-eating black flies), but are they always more important than people?Environmentalists opposed to the …


LionOre ponders nickel expansion

Toronto-based LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) is reaping the benefits of improved nickel prices through its 41.65% interest in Tati Nickel Mining, owner of a nickel mining operation in Botswana.T…


Quebec meeting to review exploration

,LQuebec’s annual geological convention will be held Nov. 24-25 at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City.Sponsored by the provincial government, the French-language convention will offer 23 sessions on…


CIM focuses on laterite projects

The new breed of Western Australian dry laterite nickel projects will be discussed at a Nov. 25 luncheon sponsored by the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum…


Kiwi mine closure a walk in the park

The operators of a mine in New Zealand are mulling turning the site into an outdoor art gallery after mining wraps up.Owner Gold and Resource Development (GRD) has proposed that the Macraes open-pit g…


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