Noranda, Falco sue Boliden
Noranda (NOR-T) and affiliate Falconbridge (FL-T) have filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Swedish-Canadian miner Boliden (BOL-T) and affiliated companies over Boli…
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Don’t hold your breath
The late-May spike in the gold price proved to be short-lived, but that didn’t prevent gold bugs from speculating that the bears, the banks and the bookkeepers were at last going to be put to rout. Fo…
Ken Snyder sale closes
Shareholders of Normandy Mining (NDY-T) have approved the agreement with Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) under which Normandy will take over the Ken Snyder mine at the northern end of Nevada’s Carlin gold…
PEOPLE (June 11, 2001)
Cogema — Tim Gitzel appointed president and CEO; Vincent Martin appointed senior VP and COO.Vista Gold — James Garrington, Ovidio Pereyra and Alessandro Perez appointed members of the advisory commi…
Idaho cobalt on fast track
Denver — After submitting a plan of operations for the Idaho Cobalt project, Formation Capital (FCO-T) has voluntarily agreed to a joint review by state and federal regulators and third-party consult…
More drilling at Scossa
Denver — In light of a successful 2000, Romios Gold (YRW-V) plans to resume drilling at the Scossa property, 6 miles southeast of the Rosebud mine in northern Nevada.The new campaign, budgeted at US$…
Starfield extends West zone at Ferguson Lake
Vancouver — Drill results from the Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-cobalt-platinum-palladium property, in Nunavut, indicate that the geological resource will be greatly expanded at the West zone.Starfiel…
Staff Investment Policy (June 11, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
Imperial finds high-grade gold at Sterling
Vancouver — Junior explorer Imperial Metals (IPM-T) has intersected deep-seated, high-grade gold mineralization at its Sterling property, near Beatty, Nev., 185 km northwest of Las Vegas.Recent effor…
NAP commissions expanded mine
Lac des les, Canada’s only primary producer of platinum group metals, should be producing at an expanded rate of 15,000 tonnes per day by the third quarter of this year. Operator North American Palla…
Victoria resumes drilling at Red Rock
Vancouver-based junior Victoria Resource (VIT-V) is gearing up for a second round of reverse-circulation drilling at the Red Rock gold-silver property in southwestern Nevada’s Esmeralda Cty.The compan…
Safety improves despite Beatrix
The recent accident at the Beatrix gold mine has once again focused attention on the South African mining industry’s safety performance.This tragic event, which claimed 12 lives, shocked and saddened …