British firm fights Kazakstani court
The second round of a legal dispute between Kazakstan and Britain’s Trans World Group has begun in a London courtroom.The dispute began in November 1998 when Kazakstan’s Supreme Court ruled that in 19…
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EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — No substitute for cyanide
Cyanide is the main chemical used by the precious metal mining industry, and the industry could not exist without it. No other chemical available can separate gold or silver (in a process called leach…
Barrick completes acquisition
Shareholders of Sutton Resources (STT-T) have overwhelmingly approved a takeover bid by Barrick Gold (ABX-T), offering 91% of their shares to the major.Under the terms of the Barrick offer, which had …
Aber takes legal action against Winspear
Aber Resources (ABZ-T) has filed a suit in the British Columbia Supreme Court to protect its 32.24% ownership interest in the Camsell Lake diamond project in the Northwest Territories.Aber’s action is…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Making a de facto national stock market — Now it’s government’s turn
Say what you like about this country’s stock exchanges, they have an instinct for timing. The reorganization and rationalization of Canadian capital markets actually managed to take some people by sur…
PEOPLE – Silver Peak
Brent Slobodian appointed director.
PEOPLE – Ridel
David Stelck appointed director.
PEOPLE – Northern Orion
Anthony Walsh appointed interim president, CEO and director.
PEOPLE – Newcoast
Donald Shilton appointed president and director, and Gregory Myers appointed secretary.
PEOPLE – Mountain Province
P.N. Geer appointed director.
PEOPLE – Golden Sky
Stan Lichman appointed director.
OBITUARY — William Alan Moore
William Alan Moore, a past president of the Mining Association of Manitoba, has died. He was 81.Born in Toronto in 1917, Moore graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineer…