De Beers hires AMEC to help with Snap Lake
De Beers Canada, a subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines, has selected Toronto-based engineering firm AMEC as its construction management partner at the $300-million Snap Lake diamond project in t…
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Santiago to host geochemical symposium
Chile will host the International Geochemical Exploration Symposium (IEGS) in early May, marking the first time the meeting has been held in the country.Among the topics to be covered are: geochemical…
NAME CHANGES (March 19, 2001)
Econ Ventures Ltd. (EOV-V) has changed its name to Richcor Res. Ltd. (RRS-V) on a 1-new-for-10-old-share basis.Augusta Metals Inc. (AUU-V) has changed its name to Cybercom Systems I…
Ashanti takes writedown
Denver — Despite higher revenue and record gold production, Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) posted a net loss (after exceptional items) for 2000.The low gold price forced the Ghana-based company to reduce…
CDNX suspends Birch again
The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has once again suspended “prairie-gold” explorer Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-V), following a technical audit of its exploration program.The exchange ended Birch’…
Peruvian company posts polymetallic resource
Denver — Prefeasibility work at the Cerro Lindo property in central Peru has outlined high-grade zinc mineralization for that country’s Minera Milpo.The measured, indicated and inferred resource, cal…
Market makes steep drop
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average suffered a 2.8% drop, tumbling 300.42 points to 10,290.80 for the report period ended March 13, while the Nasdaq was off 8.6%.Spot gold on the Comex division…
Harrods launches program in Mongolia
Denver — With the backing of Egyptian financier Mohamed Al Fayed, Harrods Minerals is getting back to the basics, with a focus on grassroots exploration.The privately owned, Denver-based company has …
Nickel shows signs of resilience
Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) were fairly stable during the report period March 5-9, the only exceptions being copper, which saw a gain in the weekly average cash price of 2.4%,…
Gold Funds (March 19, 2001)
Gold Funds as of March 8, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$12.81$5.28Price$7.80$4.75…
PEOPLE (March 19, 2001)
Alcan Aluminium — Travis Engen appointed president and CEO.Ashton — Alfonso Grau appointed director.Canabrava — George Read appointed VP of exploration.Cominco –…
Ventura promotes mining
Mining in Minnesota is a $1.5-billion-per-year industry employing 20,000 people — a point not lost on Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura as he opened mining awareness week at the Duluth Entertainment and C…