Steep Rock sees banner year
/NOVEMBER 1950Steep Rock Iron Mines appears headed for a record-breaking year.With ore production averaging 9,000 tons per day over the past month, shipments for the year could exceed 1.2 million tons…
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Vancouver-based Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) has added more than 100 million tonnes to the resource base of its Rosia Montana gold-silver project in west-central Romania.At a cutoff grade of 0.6% gram go…
Teck’s Pogo at feasibility, Anarraaq takes shape under Cominco program
Affiliated companies Teck (TEK-T) and Cominco (CLT-T) generated the most excitement in Alaska this past year by advancing their respective Pogo and Anarraaq deposits. Teck’s Pogo gold project, situate…
Canadian mining industry improves emissions performance
The latest statistics on energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions show that the Canadian mining industry is improving its emissions performance.Data in a report released by the Canadian I…
The benefits of steel auto parts
The results of several engineering reports demonstrate the superiority of auto suspensions, closures and doors made from steel built with advanced manufacturing techniques.Studies performed by Stuttga…
Mini-budget includes flow-through share provision
In his recent economic statement, federal Finance Minister Paul Martin announced two measures designed to encourage investment in Canada’s junior exploration companies.The minister proposed a temporar…
Alamo Dorado moves closer to heap leach operation
New metallurgical results confirm the feasibility of heap-leaching material mined from the Alamo Dorado silver-gold deposit, reports Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T).Situated in Mexico’s Sonora state, Alam…
Eclipse of Logan by Trudeau unnecessary
Recently, Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced that Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak, would be renamed Pierre Elliott Trudeau Mountain. I am surprised. Is Canada’s natural (geographic) endowment s…
Taylor resurrection gets independent nod
An independent consultant to St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) has corroborated the need for an underground exploration and development program at the Taylor project, near Timmins, Ontario.Taylor, which wa…
Minefinders ups Dolores resource (October 23, 2000)
A new resource estimate for the Dolores deposit in Mexico’s Chihuahua state shows that the Main zone hosts about 3.2 million oz. gold and 165 million oz. silver.Using results from 230 holes and a cuto…
Radius, Barrick step up drilling at El Salitre
Partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Radius Explorations (RDU-V) have launched a 2,000-metre program of reverse-circulation drilling on the El Salitre property in Mexico’s Guanajuato state.Discovered by …
Seahawk
The first drill hole by Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) at the Mario property, in the Peruvian department of Junin, has returned massive sulphide mineralization.The drill hole, the first in a 7-hole camp…