Placer Dome Inc. (TSE) is about to examine the commercial potential of a bacteria-enhanced gold recovery system called bioleaching at its Campbe ll gold mine i n Red Lake, Ont. A deal has been signed …
Two North American mining companies, and possibly a third, are set to enter the million-ounce club this year. Placer Dome (TSE), which traces its current size back to a 1987 amalgamation, will turn ou…
A 27.55-pt loss carried the TSE composite under the 4000-pt mark to a close of 3971.28 pts today. The metals and minerals index was a big loser, slipping a full 1.1% or 45.37 pts to 3815.1 pts. The …
Already a gold producer at its Ptarmigan mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T., Treminco Resources (VSE) plans to buy the producing Silvana silver-lead-zinc mine near the town of New Denver in southeastern B…
As one of the world’s largest suppliers of zinc ore and zinc metal, Cominco Ltd. has launched a new campaign to promote zinc awarene ss among Cana dians. The company said a recent survey found that ou…
The J&L property near Revelstoke, B.C., contains a gold, silver, lead and zinc deposit with potential to be a polymetallic mine. But because the mineralization at J&L is refractory and contains high a…
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An international symposium on biohydrometallurgy, jointly sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and canmet, was staged recently in J ackson Hole, Wy. Some 278 registrants participated fr…
A diamond drilling program is under way on the Picket Pin project of International Platinum (TSE). The property is nine miles from the Still water platinum-pal ladium mine in Montana. In a recent prog…
Assay results have been released by Mutual Resources (VSE) from recent drilling on the Dixie Lake gold property 15 miles south of Red Lake, On t. The 141-claim property is centred on a gold-bearing ir…
When a company like Pan East Resources trades over one million shares in a single session there are usually some drill results or a financing to e xplain all t he activity. But in Pan East’s case ther…
Cassandra Resources (VSE) has acquired a gold prospect in the Unuk River area of northwestern British Columbia. Located two miles from the Eskay Creek gold d iscovery made by partners Calpine Resource…
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