Can the smaller gold producers survive?
The following is the first of a 2-part overview of how junior and mid-tier gold mining companies are coping in today’s low-price environment.Not since the gold bubble of the early 1980s has the London…
News
Winspear unveils Snap Lake results
The NW Snap Lake kimberlite dyke can no longer be said to have the richest per-carat values ever reported in the Northwest Territories. Results from the first half of a 6,000-tonne surface bulk sample…
BASE METALS — Foran expands McIlvenna Bay deposit — Exploration program targets gold-rich portion of stockwork
With an infill drilling campaign nearing completion, Foran Mining (FOM-V) is beginning a program of stepout work in an attempt to boost the tonnage of the McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper-gold deposit.The 13…
Index (June 28, 1999)
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BASE METALS — PolyMet tests NorthMet material
Metallurgical tests on material pulled from the NorthMet copper-nickel project in northern Minnesota are returning encouraging results for PolyMet Mining (POM-V).The bio-leach testing is being carried…
SUPPLIERS ROUNDUP — Kvaerner awarded Chilean mine contract
Mining consulting firm Kvaerner has signed a US$170-million deal to design and build a mining and solvent extraction-electrowinning operation at the El Tosoro project in Chile.According to Kvaerner’s …
McClean Lake gets green light from AECB
Following months of deferment, Canada’s Atomic Energy Control Board has approved an operating licence that permits the McClean Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan to begin producing yellowca…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Canadian mineral value drops in 1998
The overall value of Canada’s mineral production fell by 12.3% in 1998 to some $44.3 billion, according to Natural Resources Canada. Significant declines in world prices for major minerals and metals …
Coal industry to meet in Banff
The Coal Association of Canada will hold its 43rd Canadian Conference on Coal in Banff, Alta., from Sept 19 to 21.Senior representatives from many of the world’s leading coal producers and consumers w…
Quintette, Boliden win competition
Rescue teams from Quintette Coal and the Myra Falls mine were the surface and underground champions, respectively, at mine rescue and first-aid competitions held recently in Revelstoke, B.C.More than …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — The taxman cometh . . . and cometh — Green with envy
Say what you like about the United States of America, but it’s one country, united and pretty darn indivisible. People in Maine have the same basic rights as those in South Dakota. Sure Alaskans think…
SPOT PRICES, Wed. June 23, 1999
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$258.70-$0.20Silver$ 5.07+$0.06…