SouthernEra de-waters Messina
Having obtained a mining permit, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is de-watering the Messina platinum group elements (PGM) mine in northern South Africa.Messina Platinum, a South African-listed company i…
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Rio Algom (ROM-T) has launched a 2,000-metre drill program on the South Findlay base metal property, near Kimberley in southeastern British Columbia.Considered prospective for sedimentary exhalative d…
Gold Funds (June 05, 2000)
Gold Funds as of May 25, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$12.47$5.54Price$7.40…
Goldcorp profits down in quarter
Though less profitable than a year ago, Goldcorp (G-T) ended the first quarter in the black.Net earnings for the three months ended March 31 topped US$12,000 on revenue of US$10.4 million, compared wi…
The trend toward e-commerce
Fourteen major mining companies, including four based in Canada, have announced their intention to form an on-line global acquisition system to meet the needs of mining business. The move is expected …
PEOPLE (June 05, 2000)
Dynamix — John Squarek appointed president, director and CEO.Rubicon — Christopher Bradbrook appointed director.Scintrex — Roland Horst appointed president and CEO.Teck…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (June 05, 2000)
79.96 (-4.06)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Iamgold launches drill program in Ecuador
A 6,000-metre drill program by Iamgold (IMG-T) could revive a historic mining camp in southern Ecuador that was once worked by the gold-worshipping Incas.The underground and surface drill program is f…
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Gold used in DNA computing
Knowing that humans can think faster than any machine, computer scientists have long wondered if they could ever meld the virtually unlimited informational capacity of biology into the sheer brute pow…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (May 29, 2000)
84.02 (-0.38)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…