Rio Tinto farms out PNG porphyry
Rio Tinto (rtp-n) has farmed out a minority interest in the Wafi copper-gold porphyry in Papua New Guinea to an Australian firm.The British giant has given Provincial Gold Fields the opportunity to ac…
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NEVADA — Newmont, Barrick rise to the top
Several North American companies with operations in Nevada are moving ahead of their South African competitors within the top tier of the world’s gold producers.While Anglo American of South Africa is…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Junior companies converge on West African prospects
The political and economic reforms sweeping the African continent continue to attract an increasing number of North American gold exploration companies.The yellow metal has been mined in West Africa f…
BOOK REVIEW — Book explores world diamond market
Three prominent international mining writers have produced New Frontiers in Diamonds, a book that analyzes the world diamond industry and the dramatic changes expected to take place in the next centur…
Etruscan expands Samira gold deposit in Niger
Diamond drilling on the Samira gold project in Niger has enabled Etruscan Enterprises (TSE) to trace the Samira sedimentary horizon over a strike length of 2.7 km.Geophysical surveys indicate that the…
METALS COMMENTARY — Demand for gold offsets hedging activity
Gold 1996, the latest annual survey of the gold market from Gold Fields Minerals Services, shows that the hedging of future mine production reached a record level in 1995. Even so, the report shows th…
CIM luncheon features Wellbar
The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum will host a luncheon featuring guest speaker John Chapman, president of Gold City Mining (VSE), who will discuss the Welbar Gold project.The …
EDITORIAL PAGE — Gold and the Big Four
The gold industry is undergoing some fundamental changes. For proof of this, one need look no farther than the latest industry review by Gold Fields Mineral Services, entitled Gold 1995.The review, wh…
Demand for the yellow metal reaches a new record level
Physical demand for gold reached a record level of 1,793 tonnes in the first half of 1995, according to Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS).The U.K.-based firm attributes the rise to increased jewelry…
Survey shows higher silver demand
For the fifth consecutive year, fabrication demand in the silver mining sector has exceeded supply.In the sixth annual World Silver Survey of the Silver Institute, President Jaime Lomelin says demand …
ODDS’N’SODS — From rags to riches to rags
Prospector Samuel Hawkins Napier grew up in Bathurst, N.B., where the Nepisiguit River flows into Chaleur Bay.Upon leaving public school, he got a job working in a local saw mill. His elder brother, C…
Companies (May 22, 1995)
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