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Metallic halts mining
Owing to lower-than-expected gold and silver production, Reno-based
Corriente updates Mirador (October 04, 2004)
Vancouver — A new resource estimate for the Mirador copper-gold project in southeastern Ecuador augurs well for
Kupol results propel Bema higher (October 04, 2004)
Strenghtening gold prices, coupled with the release of excellent drill results from the Kupol project in Russia’s Far East, propelled shares in
Guinor drills new zone
Drilling by
Aluminum: where next?
We were originally asked by the organizers of a recent aluminum conference to address the topic “Aluminum: can momentum be sustained?” However, the reality is that the previous upward momentum has stalled. Moreover, there is a significant amount o…
Gold Fields explores Committee Bay
Richmont sweet on Valentine (October 04, 2004)
US not just idiots
Carolyn Parrish, as an English teacher, describes things as she sees them (re. Idiot’s guide to Parliament, T.N.M., Sept. 3-9/04).
Knight translates knowledge into honour
Renowned German geologist Hans Cloos once wrote that his ilk translate the Earth’s language into their own through trained senses and disciplined thinking. Ian Knight, a geologist with the Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey (NLGS), is one…
Copper bugs in Chile
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the state-owned king of copper producers, could be the first major mining company to build an industrial-scale copper plant that employs heat-loving bacteria as processing agents.