Skyline pulls out of Snip extension
International Skyline Gold (SK-V) has backed away from its attempts to establish a link between the Snip mine of Homestake Mining (HM-N) and its own High claims. The properties are in northern British…
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SouthernEra tests Camafuca pipe in Angola
Results from a 1998 drill campaign at the Camafuca diamond property in Angola’s Lunda Norte province suggest that the kimberlite may be richer than previously thought.SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T), wh…
BASE METALS — NAME CHANGE
Trojan Ventures (TJV-V) has changed its name to Alcanta International (AOE-V) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.
BASE METALS — Niobium projects jostle for potential market share — Teck, Cambior study expansion of Niobec mine in northwestern Quebec
Three developments in the niche niobium-mining industry could significantly boost world supplies of the metal in coming years.In Canada, equal partners Teck (TEK-T) and Cambior (CBJ-T) are preparing a…
Can the smaller gold producers survive?
The following is the first of a 2-part overview of how junior and mid-tier gold mining companies are coping in today’s low-price environment.Not since the gold bubble of the early 1980s has the London…
BASE METALS — Triple 7 secures Flin Flon’s future
It has always been the lot of mining towns to watch ore reserves decline and hope some new feed will come along. When a mining town has been around as long as Flin Flon, that feeling will have come ar…
SUPPLIERS ROUNDUP — Hatch given thumbs-up Down Under
Toronto-based consulting firm Hatch has been retained by Queensland Nickel to improve the performance of its Yabulu refinery in Australia.The 25-year-old refinery currently produces 30,000 tons nickel…
Canaco drills Lady Pond
Zinc and copper minerals are the focus of a drill program under way at the Lady Pond property, near Springdale, Nfld.Canaco Resources (CSE-M) is testing two parallel, 800-metre-long conductors that we…
Careers (June 28, 1999)
Startup: TanzaniaBarrick’s wholly owned subsidiary, Kahama Mining Corporation Limited (KMCL), is currently recruiting qualified individuals for their operations in Tanzania, where conventional undergr…
BASE METALS — Nord banks on Johnson Camp project
Nord Resources (NRD-N) has picked up the past-producing Johnson Camp copper mine in southeastern Arizona at a time when the price of the red metal is at a 10-year low.The company issued 1.6 million sh…
BASE METALS — Billiton expands Newfoundland portfolio
London-based Billiton International has expanded its Newfoundland exploration portfolio by inking a deal with Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) to acquire either the Point Leamington or Lewis Lake properties.O…
BASE METALS — Rio Tinto eyes zinc project
A zinc-lead-silver project with similarities to the Polaris mine in Canada’s High Arctic has caught the eye of Rio Tinto Mining (RTP-N).The London-based major plans to spend US$500,000 on a summer pro…