River Valley yields PGEs
A reconnaissance exploration program has led to the discovery of more platinum-group-metal mineralization at the River Valley mafic intrusion in the Sudbury region of northern Ontario.Pacific North We…
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Doing, and not doing
Having funded and reviewed an “independent investigative impact assessment report,” the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging the government of Kenya to block the Kwale titanium proje…
Pt prices hurt dental sector
Last year it was the dental sector in which high palladium prices had their most significant negative impact. Demand was down by 26% to 820,000 oz., the lowest figure in 17 years.The use of palladium …
Survival in September
Survival 2001, a conference on how to cut costs and increase productivity at mining operations, is slated for Sept. 10-11 at the Airport Hilton Hotel in Toronto.Speakers will present case studies, amo…
Rosia Montana more than ‘marginal’
Your Aug. 20-26 issue contained two interesting front-page articles — one covering the Gabriel Resources’ feasibility study for the Rosia Montana gold project in Romania, and the other covering Glami…
Eagle River lifts River Gold off ground
With higher-grade development ore coming from the no. 6 zone at the Eagle River mine, 50 km west of Wawa, Ont., River Gold Mines (RIV-T) managed to climb back into the black during the second quarter….
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Sons of Gwalia bids for Teck’s PacMin
Sons of Gwalia (SGW) has tabled a takeover bid for fellow Aussie gold miner PacMin Mining, an 80% controlled subsidiary of Teck (TEK-T).Gwalia is offering five of its own shares for every 28 PacMin sh…
El Salvador updates law
Denver — A series of revisions to the mining law offers to make exploration in El Salvador cheaper and easier.The principal change is that the net smelter royalty is cut in half, to 2%, bringing the …
Cortez expands Crossroads
Denver — Infill drilling at the Crossroads deposit in central Nevada has returned significant, albeit deep, mineralization for the Cortez joint venture. The project is part of the Pipeline complex.Pl…
Int’l Annax expands mineralization
Vancouver — International Annax Ventures (IAX-V) continues to pull encouraging values of sedimentary exhalative zinc-lead mineralization north of its Anjing Hitam deposit in North Sumatra, Indonesia….
Falco eyes Vulcan’s Labrador prospect
Falconbridge (FL-T) has entered into an agreement with St. John’s, Nfld.-based Vulcan Minerals (VUL-V) to earn up to a 65% interest in a nickel sulphide prospect some 50 km northwest of the Voisey’s B…