Hadley Bay remains low
Junior Canabrava Diamond (CNB-T) has recovered three stones from the Turnstone kimberlite, one of a cluster of ten…
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Namex drills sulphides at Woods Creek (January 21, 2003)
Two holes drilled by Namex Exploration (NME-V) have confirmed the extension of sulphide mineralization beneath the…
Wolfden peddles Red lake properties
Having just arranged to acquire the 30% interest in the My-Ritt property it does not already own, Wolfden Resources…
Daily Metal Prices (January 20, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 14Jan. 13Jan. 10Jan. 9Jan. 8Al Alloy1355/1335…
Goldcorp flush with cash (January 20, 2003)
Goldcorp (G-T) is turning into a powerful cash-generating machine.The mid-tier gold producer has boosted its dividend a third time, by 25% to US15 per share, and it will be paid out every two months …
Golds retrench but base metals higher
The Toronto Stock Exchange was only fractionally higher through the trading period Jan. 8-14, with the composite index up 8.2 points, or 0.1% of value, at 6,810.98. Most of the market sectors moved si…
First Point picks up Rio Luna (January 20, 2003)
Vancouver — With a 2,000-metre drill program under way on its Cacamuya gold-silver project in southwest Honduras, First Point Minerals (FPX-V) has inked a deal to acquire the Rio Luna gold property i…
Iamgold joins Int’l Minerals in Ecuador
International Minerals (IMZ-T) (formerly Ecuadorian Minerals) has dealt Iamgold (IMG-T) an option to earn a 60% interest in its Canicapa project in southern Ecuador, about 380 km south of the capital …
Pele aims drills at Ardeen gold project
Another old gold project is being dusted off and revived: Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) is about to begin drilling at its wholly owned Ardeen mine property, 110 km west of Thunder Bay, Ont.Situated …
Peer review needs context
I believe the scientific peer review process deserves discussion in a broader context than it has received thus far (see previous letter by Jan Merks in T.N.M., Dec. 2-8/02 and by David R.M. Pattison …
BC & Yukon Chamber gives Pezim Award to John Brock Bernanke
John Brock, president of Vancouver-based Badger and Co. Management, will receive the Murray Pezim Award from the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines.He and 10 other leaders in the west coast’s e…
‘Six Sigma’ solves problems
The “Six Sigma” system has been around for some time. For those who have been out of the picture or are unaware of what Six Sigma is, I offer the following: it is the use of a rigorous, statistics-bas…