MEETINGS (October 02, 2000)
Oct. 3 Camnor — annual, generalOct. 3 Savanna — annual, specialOct. 4 Altoro — extraordinaryOct. 4 GeoNova — annual, general, specialOct. 4 Winslow…
News
Metals
Aurora Platinum (ARP-V), formerly known as Golden Sitka Resources, plans to kick off a 14-hole diamond drilling program on its Midrim platinum-palladium property, 25 km east of the northern end of Lak…
Zambian waste turns Avmin into leader
Good things come to those who wait, but a little ingenuity goes a long way as well.Such is the philosophy adopted by Anglo Vaal Minerals (Avmin) at its Chambishi cobalt refinery, just a short drive fr…
Dia Met expands hunt
Since Monopros, the exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), dropped most of its stake in the Victoria Island diamond play in Nunavut, Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) has stepped in to pick …
EVENTS (October 02, 2000)
Oct. 6-19 Mechanized Excavation: The Next Decade Organizer: World Rock Boring Association, Sudbury, Ont. Tel: (705) 673-6572. Fax: (705) 673-6508. E-mail: bevans@nickel.laurentian.ca.
Queenstake taps anonymous investor
Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) has concluded an agreement with an anonymous benefactor for a financing worth $1.2 million, which should help the Denver-based junior advance the Magistral gold project in…
Falco to shut down cobalt shipments
Nickel producer Falconbridge, now in the eighth week of a strike at its operations in Sudbury, Ont., has declared force majeure on contracted shipments of cobalt to consumers.The declaration, which is…
Bougainville residents file suit against Rio Tinto
Residents of the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have filed a class action suit in the U.S. against London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N), alleging that the mining giant commited “ecocide” and “cr…
Symposium to focus on Arctic
The environmental impact of mine openings and closures will be a key theme of the sixth international symposium on Arctic mining, to be held in Nuuk, Greenland, from May 28-31, 2001.The event will als…
Eastern markets weak across the board
Interest rate fears, coupled with weakness in the technology sector, pulled the Toronto Stock Exchange down over the report period Sept. 20-26. The TSE 300 composite index fell 435.93 points, to 10,47…
Ontario Bill 86 creates geoscientists’ provisional council
The first provisional council has been appointed for the newly formed Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.The Ontario legislature passed the Professional Geoscientists Act (Bill 86) i…
Market dips third straight week
The Dow Jones industrial average continued its losing ways, slipping 157.97 points, or 1.5%, during the report period ended Sept. 26 to close at 10,631.32.The market is bracing itself for a rocky earn…