Companies (March 08, 1999)
Argentina GoldAsarcoAsia MineralsBarrick GoldBolidenBroken Hill ProprietaryCanyon ResourcesDayton MiningDenison MinesElkhorn Gold MiningGlamis GoldGolden Goose ResourcesGreystar ResourcesM…
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Careers (March 08, 1999)
Suncor energy is a unique and sustainable Canadian integrated energy company dedicated to vigorous growth. The company is a world leader in oil sands development, a high performing oil and gas produce…
Treminco adopts new moniker
Junior Treminco Resources has changed its name to Elkhorn Gold Mining (EGC-T) to reflect more accurately the business of the company.Shares of Elkhorn are now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange; no…
Feasibility study under way at Caber — Zinc deposit could feed Noranda mill at Matagami
A feasibility study, now under way, will determine whether underground development will go ahead on the Caber zinc-copper deposit, 35 km west of Matagami, Que.Noranda (NOR-T) is examining the feasibil…
Production ends year with a whimper
Canadian production of primary and refined copper, primary nickel, gold, silver, primary lead, primary and refined zinc, and iron ore was down between December 1998 and December 1997.However, refined …
Argentina Gold releases Amable results
Argentina Gold (ARP-V) has released diamond drill core assays from the Amable target, part of its Veladero project in northwestern Argentina.Results from the second diamond drill hole, DDA-2, show a c…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Corruption at heart of global woes — A vicious circle
Imagine. By virtue of a few guns being waved around, you become the ruler of a dirt-poor Third World nation. Every day, you see children playing in garbage, people dying of AIDS and other diseases wit…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Denison reports modest loss
Toronto-based Denison Mines (DEN-T) has posted a loss of $3.3 million (or 1 cents per share) on revenue of $52.4 million for 1988, compared with earnings of $25.7 million on revenue of $73.1 million i…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — COMMENTARY — Resource estimation and geological constraints, Part 1
The orebody supports the mine; a mine cannot create an orebody. But we see, and everybody reads about, mines that start up based on assumptions of grade, geometry and continuity, only to find that tho…
METAL PRICES (March 08, 1999)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMar. 2Mar. 1Feb. 26Feb. 25…
PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (March 08, 1999)
Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,390 per tonne (Mar. 2/99).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.25 per lb. (Mar. 2/99).Cadmium: Representative mid-market US$0.28 per lb. (Mar. 2/99).Chromiu…
Newmont readies Trenton Canyon mine
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) will soon begin pulling gold from its Trenton Canyon open-pit project, southwest of Battle Mountain, Nev.Plans call for the ore to be placed directly on to heap-leach pads, uncr…