Agnico funds Aurizon’s drilling
Agnico Eagle Mines (AGE-T) will be funding a new drilling campaign by Aurizon Mines (arz-t) at the Casa Berardi gold mine in Quebec. The deal pumps $4 million cash into Aurizon and gives Agnico Eagle …
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PEOPLE (October 02, 2000)
Big Valley — Dean Mason appointed director and interim president; Robert McMorran appointed secretary and administration manager.Bolivar Goldfields — Christopher Pyle appointed director.DRC Res. — …
Work as life experience
The attitudes people have toward work vary greatly. For some, a job is a necessary evil; for others, it is a source of great satisfaction. Those that love their work and find it life-affirming are the…
Bald Mountain grey on geochemical history
I read with mixed emotions the article “Bald Mountain study shows uses of baseline data” (T.N.M., Sept. 11-17/00), which dealt with the Bald Mountain deposit in Aroostook Cty., Me. Although the articl…
Silver Standard gains Texas silver project
Silver Standard (SSO-V) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Shafter property in Texas.The junior will acquire 91.64 million shares (representing a 91.8% interest) of Silver Assets (cilv-o) f…
Trivalence sells more diamonds
Trivalence Mining (TMI-V) has generated proceeds of US$4.7 million by selling 11,727.6 carats of rough diamonds produced at the company’s 85%-owned Aredor mine in Guinea, West Africa.Trivalence says i…
The Northern Miner North — American Mining Index
66.98 (-1.80)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (October 02, 2000)
46.98 (-3.87)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (September 25, 2000)
DateSept. 19Sept. 18Sep. 15Sept. 14Sep. 13HighLowTSE 30010914.521…
Pacific Cascade takes bulk sample
Pacific Cascade Resources (YOG-V) is gearing up to begin small-scale mining at the Yogo sapphire property in central Montana.The company expects to mine 10,000 tons in order to produce a grade and ton…
Central Canada’s diamond hunt gets second wind
Diamond exploration in central Canada is getting its second wind following a number of promising developments.Although Ontario and Quebec were hopping in the mid-1990s, when financing for diamond expl…
Unresolved legal dispute stalls development of Verkhotina project
After spending about US$16.5 million to explore the Verkhotina diamond licence near the White Sea in northwestern Russia, Archangel Diamond (AAD-V) is unable to advance the project because of an ongoi…