COMMENTARY — Feds should stay course
The mining industry has awarded the federal government a passing, but lackluster, grade for its progress in keeping promises regarding environmental regulatory reform.The federal government was given …
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BHP inks deal with Belgians
A marketing consulting agreement has been reached between BHP Diamonds and Belgium-based IDH Diamonds, an established diamond dealer.BHP Diamonds, a unit of Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N), holds a 51…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Bre-X investor renounces stock market
I am so disgusted over the Bre-X Minerals fiasco that I will never buy another Canadian mining stock, and I’ve invested in them for 36 years.I didn’t lose much on Bre-X; I bought 200 shares when there…
Canabrava enlists partner for Ontario diamond hunt
Vancouver-based Paramount Ventures & Finance (PVF-V) and Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) have formed the KAP joint venture, which has gathered up four northern Ontario properties that are believed to be pro…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 08, 1997)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,564.50, alloy US$1,442 per tonne (Dec.2/97).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,625 per tonne (Dec. 2/97).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.35 per lb. (Nov. …
Discovery at Bathurst
Junior Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) has discovered lead-zinc mineralization on its Maliseet Mountain property in the Bathurst base metal camp of New Brunswick.Hole 2 intersected 15.9 metres averagi…
FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Gold output from East to rise in ’98
In 1998, net gold exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), China, Vietnam and North Korea could increase by 8.3% to 13 million oz., according to a report by CPM Group of New York, N….
Environment, juniors topics for next CIM lunch
The international mining scene will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, to be held Thursday, Dec. 11 at Toronto’s Ontario Club…
EDITORIAL — A case for domestic exploration — Home-grown gold
In 1992, gold producers in the U.S. spent more than half their exploration dollars examining prospects in their own backyard. By 1996, as mineral opportunities opened up all over the world, domestic p…
STOCK MARKETS — Takeover talk kick-starts base metals on TSE
Golds still spiralling down in dull market; base metals hit also The Toronto Stock Exchange was a little higher over the trading period Nov.26-Dec. 2, largely on the strength of hefty gains in the pip…
Essex cuts VMS at Bolivian project
Essex Resource (ESX-T) continues to intersect volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization at its Miguela project in Bolivia.The company has completed 34 drill holes in a program spanning 6,899 metres…
Fairstar, Cyprus Amax size up Discovery
Montreal-based junior Fairstar Explorations (FFR-T) and Cyprus Canada have received a positive prefeasibility study for the Discovery zone in their jointly held Fenelon A gold project on the eastern e…