Homestake shuts mill stream at Pinson
Homestake Mining (HM-N) and its partner, Barrick Gold (ABX-T), have decided to shut down the mill at the Pinson gold mine in Nevada in favor of processing the remainder of the oxide reserves by heap l…
News
Prospects improve for W. African titanium
Now that the worst seems to be over in war-torn Sierra Leone, the owners of the Sierra Rutile titanium mine are working on a rebuilding plan.Sierra Rutile (SRL), an equal partnership between Nord Reso…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (March 09, 1998)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,459.5, alloy US$1,281 per tonne (Mar.3/98).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,550 per tonne (Mar. 3/98).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.65 per lb. (Mar. 3…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Ecstall exploring Mexican properties
The property hosting the dormant Amaltea silver-lead-zinc mine is one of a dozen Mexican properties currently being evaluated by Ecstall Mining (EAM-V).The junior optioned the land package from a subs…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (March 09, 1998)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Mar.3/98 (change from Feb. 23 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Sierra Nevada tests Mexican property
Sierra Nevada Gold (SDD-V) plans to begin drilling on the Republica high-grade silver property in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.The company will target a block of vein material in the Main zone that is tho…
Test results bode well for GeoNova
Metallurgical tests of a 60-kg sample taken from the Discovery deposit of GeoNova Explorations (GNE-M) indicate that potential gold recovery there could reach 97%.The best method of gold extraction, a…
EXPLORATION 1998 – NEWS ROUNDUP — Camnor eyes prospect in Golden State
An agreement with a private company allows Vancouver-based Camnor Resources (CMB-V) to acquire 100% of the Golden Star property in northern California.To do so, the junior must pay the vendors US$442,…
BHP shuts sulphide stream at Pinto Valley
As a result of sustained lower copper prices, Australian major Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) will shut down sulphide operations at the Pinto Valley copper mine, near Miami, Ariz.BHP called a halt to…
Meetings (March 09, 1998)
Mar. 9, Tenke MiningMar. 9, WayburnMar. 11, BraidenMar. 11, Enertec ResourceMar. 11, NDU ResourcesMar. 12, Agate BayMar. 12, Big ValleyMar. 12, Copper DomeMar. 12, NamexMar. 12, RamarroMar. 13, Double…
EXPLORATION 1998 — New target at Springpole
Exploration by Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has identified a new drill target at the Springpole Lake gold property, 70 miles from the Red Lake mining district of northern Ontario.The target area is 2…
PEOPLE – DONNER
Harvey Keats appointed director, president and COO.