Teaching earth sciences to kids
Christine McLelland, a high-school teacher in Englewood, Colo., believes students need to understand the Earth, the processes that created it, and what’s happening to it, and she is addressing that ne…
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Apollo Gold revitalizes mature mines
Winnemucca, Nev. — The inaugural year of Apollo Gold (APG-T) proved to be auspicious. In 2002, the Denver-based company produced 154,860 oz. gold, doubled its reserve base and picked up the promising…
El Peon powers Meridian’s growth
Created as the successor to FMC Gold in 1996, Meridian Gold (MNG-T) took a Chilean asset called El Peon, which no one else wanted, and used it to reposition itself in the lower quartile of low-cost p…
Ivanhoe expands Turquoise Hill deposit
With its ever-expanding Turquoise Hill copper-gold project in Mongolia sitting on China’s doorstep, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) is poised to offer a critical supply of copper metal to that country.Copper im…
China lures junior mineral explorers
Vancouver — In its bid to transform itself into a market-oriented economy, China has become the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment, and good chunk of it is earmarked for mineral e…
Nevada entrepreneurs
After 44 years and 11 months with the United States Geological Survey, I finally retired in 1981. I was only 70 years old and was certainly not ready to hang it all up. I wanted, and needed, to be pro…
Small is beautiful for Avalon
A new scoping study of Avalon Ventures’ (AVL-V) Separation Rapids lithium-silicate project in northwestern Ontario recommends construction of a mill only half as big as previously planned.The updated …
Lending Rates (March 10, 2003)
as of 4 pm ET, Mar. 4, 2003(%)Bank of Canada3.25Canadian Prime4.75U.S. Discount0.75U.S. Fed Funds1.25U.S. Prime4.25LIBOR US$ 3-month1.34LIBOR US$ 6-month1.34LIBOR US$ 1-year1.38Gold lease 3-m…
DFO uses delay tactics: geologist
The Anchorage Daily News recently reported that Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski is defending his controversial plan to take project permit power away from the Habitat Division of the state’s Departmen…
Assean drilling resumes
Drilling is under way again at the Assean Lake property in north-central Manitoba, operated by International Curator Resources (IC-T).The new program entails up to 4,500 metres of drilling, mainly to …
Partners up Tirisano resource
Partners Etruscan Resources (EET-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) have outlined more diamondiferous gravels at their Tirisano alluvial mine in South Africa.Indicated resources now stand at 10.4 …
PEOPLE (March 10, 2003)
Arch Coal — Bennett Hatfield appointed president eastern operations.Diadem Resources — Paul Carroll appointed president and CEO; Thomas Skimming appointed vice-chairman; former CEO, Peter Howe, will…