New name for San Andreas
Junior San Andreas Resources (SAO-T) has changed its name to Canadian Zinc, and will trade under the symbol CZN on the Toronto Stock Exchange.The new name, which has yet to be approved by regulators, …
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NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Chief Consolidated advances Burgin mine in Utah — Drilling program attempts to extend known ore zones
Chief Consolidated Mining (CFCM-Q) has commissioned U.S. Filter to build a US$100-million water treatment plant at its Burgin silver-lead-zinc mine in Utah. The move is aimed at preventing billions of…
Careers (June 14, 1999)
Dome Mine, a division of Placer Dome North America, is an underground and open pit gold mining operation located within the City of Timmins, Ontario. The Mine has been in operation since 1910 and is p…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Newmont builds new Carlin mine — Projected capital cost of underground operation reduced to US$65m
With the aid of a portal at the bottom of the Betze-Post pit, Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has begun building its fourth underground mine in Nevada’s Carlin trend.In recent years, the company has been deple…
Ok Tedi battles problems
A preliminary consultant’s report on waste management at the Ok Tedi copper-gold mine in the western interior of Papua New Guinea has not provided any solutions to the mine’s environmental problems, a…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Wharf mine a solid producer for Goldcorp
While most of the attention directed toward Goldcorp (G-T) is related to its Red Lake development in Ontario, the Toronto-based company has been quietly cranking out gold at its expanded Wharf mine in…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Conquistador chases PGMs
Conquistador Mines (CMG-V) is carrying out a due diligence review of a past-producing platinum-palladium property in Nevada.A recently signed letter-of-intent agreement gives the junior an exclusive 9…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Nevada voted tops for mining investment
A survey of hard-rock mining companies throughout North America has concluded that Nevada is far and away the highest-rated region for overall investment attractiveness.The survey was carried out by t…
Manhattan finances Peruvian VMS project
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) will use proceeds of $11.25 million from a special warrant financing to explore the Tambo Grande volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in northern Peru.A syndicate led…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Copper takes toll on BHP
With copper prices still languishing well below US$1 per lb., many of the mines acquired by Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) in its 1995 takeover of Magma Copper are losing money and facing possible cl…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Partners make Rosebud bloom– Costs at underground mine proving to be low
Not every successful Nevada gold mine is a big, high-tonnage open pit. The Rosebud mine near Winnemucca, a joint venture of Hecla Mining (HL-N) and Newmont Mining (NEM-N), is seeing increased producti…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Legal chicanery threatens U.S. mining
The Northern Miner’s support of a strong and viable U.S. mining industry is very much appreciated. Recent editorials on Summitville, Bruce Babbitt, and zinc and the EPA have been right on point. Your …