Careers (May 10, 1999)
JS REDPATH CORPORATIONA full-service mine contracting company operation from Phoenix, Arizona, is currently seeking personnel to staff a major underground contract mine development opportunity in West…
News
Kennecott tests Vega kimberlite discovery
Kennecott Canada Exploration has completed two holes on the new Vega kimberlite discovery at the Ice claims in the Northwest Territories.The vertically drilled discovery hole intersected a 44.8-metre-…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Many mineros poor but happy
The following is the third in a series of articles in which the author, an exploration geologist based in Delta, B.C., recounts his experiences working in the jungles of Venezuela in the late 1980s an…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Labour needs a new agenda — Us and them
Canadians and Americans are different in one major way, a visiting foreign businessman once observed. South of the 49th Parallel, the American Dream — the notion that Joe Average can become Top Dog t…
Gold group retains law firm
A New Hampshire group calling itself the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) has retained the Philadelphia law firm Berger & Montague to help it investigate allegations of manipulation in the gold…
TSE INDICES (May 10, 1999)
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Battle Mountain drills to boost Phoenix
Houston, Tex.-based Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N) has launched a major drilling campaign at its namesake complex in northern Nevada in preparation for a draft environmental impact statement.The program…
Gold Funds (May 10, 1999)
Gold Funds as of April 29, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$14.395.72Price$9.90$5.
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Dow cracks 11,000, recedes
The Dow Jones industrial average broke through the 11,000 level one month after surpassing 10,000, but could not hold its position. It ended the April 26-May 4 report period up 54.4 points, or 0.5%, a…
Meetings (May 10, 1999)
May 10, CamfloMay 10, Cdn. NaturalMay 10, Lucky StrikeMay 10, Vista GoldMay 11, AbsolutMay 11, ArcaMay 11, Curran BayMay 11, GenesisMay 11, Gulf CanadaMay 11, Inter-RockMay 11, LoricaMay 11, Marchmont…
Eldorado cuts costs, boosts production
Higher production at its Sao Bento mine in Brazil combined with the devaluation of that country’s currency has enabled Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) to improve its overall operating performance.The company pr…
America Mineral Fields hangs tough in DRC
With political instability continuing to cripple foreign mining ventures in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) has battened down the hatches and is now waiting to r…