NAME CHANGES (May 08, 2000)
Sand River Resources (SRL-V) has changed its name to Rio Fortuna Exploration (RFT-V) on a 1-new-for-7-old-share basis.
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Corriente explores new copper district Investment Commentary
A junior company must have something out of the ordinary in order to attract the attention of mining analysts and investors in these tough times. Fitting that bill is Corriente Resources (CTQ-T), whic…
EVENTS (May 08, 2000)
May 8-13 McGill University (Dept. of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering) — “Geostatistical Simulations for the Mining Industry.” Frank Dawson Adams Building, Montreal, Que. Contact Norma Porcyshyn….
Yanacocha boosts Newmont Snap Lake
Higher-than-expected production from its operations in Peru and Nevada should leave Newmont Mining (NEM-N) with 4.7 million equity ounces of gold for the current year.On the strength of a 60% boost in…
General Minerals produces Bolivian silver
General Minerals (GNM-T) has commenced production at the Atocha silver mine in west-central Bolivia.A custom mill in Oruro processed the first 1,879 tonnes of ore, which averaged 627 grams silver per …
Partners produce diamonds
Guyanor Ressources (GRL.B-T) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N) have started processing diamond-bearing ultramafic rocks at a plant on the Dachine property in French Guiana.The facility, capable of processing six …
Placer Dome aims to improve performance
The interests of stakeholders and shareholders were a study in contrasts at the recent annual meeting of Placer Dome (PDG-T), held in Toronto. While shareholders wanted action to improve the weak shar…
New zone keeps Cominco in pink at Red Dog
A zinc district potentially richer than any other in the world is emerging in northwestern Alaska, as evident by last year’s discovery of significant new zinc-lead mineralization 10 km north of Cominc…
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Pacific Rim bullish over Luicho tests
Junior Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) has tabled encouraging results from bottle-roll tests of samples collected from its Luicho gold project in southern Peru, while noting that sampling has confirmed the…
No Headline (May 01, 2000)
AGX Resources (axs-v) has changed its name to Consolidated AGX Resources (csx-v) on a 1-new-for-4-old-share basis.
Lac des les resource expected to grow
Ongoing drilling at the Lac des les palladium-platinum deposit, 85 km north of Thunder Bay, Ont., continues to expand the Roby zone.Since mid-January, North American Palladium (PDL-T) has sank 40 hol…