Manantial Espejo yields more gold, silver
Partners Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) and Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) have cut some impressive grades and widths at their Manantial Espejo gold-silver project in southern Argentina.Fourteen core ho…
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Coeur completes study at Kensington
In a bid to improve the economics of the Kensington gold project in the Alaskan Panhandle, Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) has completed an optimization study that is expected to reduce production costs b…
Normandy attempts takeover of Great Central
DenverNormandy Mining (NDY-T) and a private Australian company, Edensor Nominees Proprietary, have offered to acquire all the remaining shares of Great Central Mines (GTCMY-Q) they do not already own….
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Infrastructure, not imagination, buoys high-technology industry
A recent editorial, “Ears to hear” (T.N.M., Nov. 23-29/98), commented on Premier Glen Clark’s efforts to launch British Columbia into high-tech industries. This reminds me of the proposal put forward …
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – EASTERN MARKETS — Deadly copper price snuffs out Highland Valley mine
The biggest story during the report period ended Jan. 19 was the announcement that the low-grade, high-tonnage Highland Valley copper mine in British Columbia would close in May.The decision was made …
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Cross Lake reviews program
Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-V) has completed the final three holes of a 6-hole drilling campaign at its Sheraton-Timmins polymetallic property near Timmins, Ont.Though all three failed to intersect signi…
DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra writes off alluvial operations
Toronto-based SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has ceased operations at the Lou and Cassanguidi alluvial diamond concessions in Angola’s Lunde Norte province.Both projects have been rendered marginal, ow…
Breakwater restarts El Toqui
Following an 18-month shutdown for modifications, Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) has resumed milling at its El Toqui mine in southern Chile.The Toronto-based company says modifications to the processing…
Chapter closes on Crown Butte saga
The fate of the controversial New World project in Montana and its owner, Crown Butte Resources, was sealed last year by the personal intervention of American President Bill Clinton and Vice-President…