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Patrician picks up Argyle
Patrician Gold Mines (PXX-A) has acquired ground near the past-producing Ashley gold mine in an area 25 km west of Matachewan, Ont.The junior acquired a full interest in the 2,198-ha property, named A…
Rio Tinto cuts copper in Peru
A hole drilled on the Aguila concession in north-central Peru has intersected 400 metres of mineralization grading 0.63% copper and 0.04% molybdenum, as well as 0.04 gram gold and 1.9 grams silver per…
Hecla holds the line on production costs
Low silver and gold prices are taking their toll on Hecla Mining (HL-N), despite ongoing efforts to reduce production costs at mines in North and South America.The Idaho-based company reported a net l…
Western Pacific extends zone
Follow-up trenching has extended a copper zone at Western Pacific Gold’s (WPI-G) Mbetilonga porphyry copper-gold prospect in the Solomon Islands.The trenching was designed to continue testing the Hamb…
EDITORIAL & OPINION – COMMENTARY — Markets deter African investment
Investments in African mineral projects have fallen off, the chief reason being diminished confidence in emerging markets prompted by the collapse of the Asian market and current political and economi…
Bruneau wraps up prefeasibility study
Montreal-based Bruneau Minerals (BRM-M) has completed a positive prefeasibility study of its calcium carbonate deposit north of Lac St.-Jean, Que.Laval-based Gostat International oversaw the study, w…
SETTING NEW STANDARDS — Investor protection key to new guidelines
Higher disclosure standards among several changes advocated It was the stated goal of the Mining Standards Task Force to “enhance investor protection.” The mineral industry has debated the new proposa…
Miramar conserving capital
Miramar Mining (MAE-T) made a profit of $1.6 million in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $15.2 million in the corresponding period of 1997.The recent quarterly performance reflects a gain of…
SETTING NEW STANDARDS — What’s at stake
Mining’s survival tied to public confidence and acceptance Statistics are poor tools for telling the story of mining’s enormous contribution to Canada. Numbers have little romance, and few Canadians a…
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