Int’l coal forum set for autumn
The International Committee for Coal Research will host the 11th annual international conference on coal research from Sept. 9 to 12 at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Alta.Entitled “Coal for the 21st …
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Quebec plans review of investment practices
In the wake in the Bre-X Minerals scandal, the three major organizations that represent the mining sector in Quebec have banded together to re-evaluate mining investment practices in that province.The…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Untruths surround Tulsequah Chief
The David Suzuki Foundation has gone too far in its blind opposition of Redfern Resources’ Tulsequah Chief mine, a project the organization publicly attacked before the company had even completed its …
ASIAN EXPLORATION — Colony forges ahead in Indonesia
Like many Canadian juniors exploring in Indonesia, Colony Pacific Explorations (CYX-T) is struggling to withstand the fallout created by the Bre-X Minerals scandal.The company’s share price has taken …
ASIAN EXPLORATION — Birch explores in West Kalimantan
Calgary-based Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-A) has received its sixth-generation contract of work for mineral exploration on more than 600,000 ha in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.Singapore-based Indochin…
Banro resumes work program
Toronto-based junior Banro Resource (BNRS-C) has withstood the political sea-Change in the former Zaire and is now preparing to explore its gold properties purchased during the Mobutu regime.”We’ve so…
Delgratia stung by salting
Another scandal rocked the mining industry this week as Delgratia Mining (DELGF-Q) reported that someone had tampered with samples from its Josh property in Nevada.Situated south of Las Vegas, the 9,0…
New estimate boosts resource at Cerro Casale
A new resource calculation has added 2.6 million oz. gold and 1.2 billion lb. copper to the Cerro Casale porphyry copper-gold project, situated in north-Central Chile.The property is held by Arizona S…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Reporting of reserves deemed irresponsible
Although the details of the Busang affair will be emerging for a long time to come, recent weeks have seen a flurry of belated checking by writers and analysts, much of which should have been done las…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS/A.E. ALPINE — Blue Quartz reverie
Following the Porcupine gold strike in Ontario in 1911-12, prospectors staked claims all along the Destor-Porcupine fault line in the province’s north.Two prospectors working on a narrow quartz vein n…
METAL PRICES — Daily Metal Prices (May 26, 1997)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateMay 20May 19May 16May 15May 1…
Northern Crown steps up work
Northern Crown Mines (NEW-T) has announced encouraging results from the first hole in a program of renewed drilling at the Guadalupe de los Reyes project in Mexico.The hole was drilled east of areas o…