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News
CORRECTION – Eldorado Gold
Two articles appearing in The Northern Miner in recent weeks, both dealing with Eldorado Gold (ELD-T), require correction.The article “Eldorado expands zone at Kisladag” (T.N.M., April 29/02) was an o…
Ivanhoe cranks up Korean mine
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has begun milling stockpiled ore at its Eunsan mine in South Korea.The stockpiled material — 26,000 tonnes of oxidized gold and silver ore averaging 13.2 grams gold and 600 gram…
Minotaur cuts high grades
Vancouver — Junior Minotaur Resources has tabled impressive results from the Prominent Hill prospect at the Mt. Woods joint venture in southern Australia.Hole 5 was drilled 200 metres east of hole 3 …
New e-mail for TNM (May 06, 2002)
The Northern Miner’s editorial department has a new e-mail address: tnm@northernminer.comFor circulation inquiries, please contact us at northernminer2@no…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (May 06, 2002)
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Bloom commentary misses mark
Lynda Bloom’s commentary, Fusion key step in fire assaying for PGEs (T.N.M., Feb. 25-March 3/02), is plagiarism at its worst.Bloom is brazen enough to start her article with “Fire assay is the preferr…
NAME CHANGES (May 06, 2002)
Aquest Minerals (AQU-V) has changed its name to Aquest Explorations (AQZ-V) on a 1-new-for-10-old-share basis.
Flin Flon hosts conference
The Mid Canada Mining Conference, slated for May 12-15 in Flin Flon, Man., will showcase Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting’s 777 projects, with additional technical papers on uranium, nickel, gold and diam…
Starfield confirms PGMs
Vancouver — Starfield Resources (SRU-V) has confirmed assays for a high-grade palladium-platinum and rhodium intersection in drill hole 101, which was reported last year.The high-grade interval was h…
Hibernation sends Richmont’s sales south
With revenue grinding down to a mere $863,306 during the first three months of 2001, junior Richmont Mines (RIC-T) posted a loss of $348,427, or 2 per share.That’s nonetheless an improvement over the…
Iodine supply forecast to rise
The supply of iodine is set to rise as producers in Turkmenistan refurbish and expand capacity, according to The Economics of Iodine (eighth edition), published by Roskill Information Services.The cou…