Bema eyes EAGC
Vancouver-based junior Bema Gold (BGO-T) has agreed to merge with fellow Vancouverite EAGC Ventures (YEV-V), former…
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Anooraq rides bulk tonnage find
Vancouver — The Bushveld igneous complex has been long known to host high-grade platinum group metal deposits but…
Namco records record production
Marine diamond miner Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) produced a record 117,050 carats of diamond during the recent third…
Noranda dismounts Caballo Blanco (October 07, 2002)
Noranda (NRD-T) has dropped its option to earn a 75% stake in Almaden Minerals’ (AMM-T) Caballo Blanco property in eastern Mexico, near Veracruz.To earn its interest, the major had agreed to complete …
Afri-Can tops up Block J stake (October 07, 2002)
With a final payment of $125,000 to its Australian partner, Woduna Mining Holding, Afri-Can Marine Minerals (AFA-V) has boosted to 70% its interest in the Block J marine diamond concession, 105 km nor…
Goldsmithing in South Africa
AngloGold recently hosted a goldsmith training project in conjunction Electra Mining 2002, an exhibition held in Johannesburg. The highlight of the project was a visit from Bakary Yali, a Malian golds…
Barrick cuts forecast, shares plunge (October 07, 2002)
A double whammy of lowered earnings expectations and a sagging bullion price sent shares of Barrick Gold (ABX-T) reeling on Sept. 26.The company’s issue opened the day $2.42, or 8.6%, lower in Toronto…
Heritage eyes Eskay look-a-like
Vancouver — In 1988, junior company Calpine Resources sparked an exploration frenzy in northern British Columbia by discovering the exotic Eskay Creek gold-rich massive sulphide deposit. Today, anoth…
Eveolution reunites McLeod-Seltzer, Lowell
A Vancouver-based capital pool company, Eveolution Ventures (EVE-V), has agreed to buy out the limited partnership of Peru Exploration Ventures and acquire all of the shares of Bear Creek Mining, a pr…
News – 07-OCT-02
A case for sustainable development
To those within the business sector who see sustainable development as a fad or as a distraction, let me say this: There is a strong business case for sustainable minerals operations. So strong, in fa…
Recovery chatter
Recent economic statistics show that Canada leads the major industrialized nations in economic growth, at just over 3% annually. That could have been good news for Canadians and for the Canadian minin…