Peeking under the covers
Geologists Down Under devise ways to penetrate overburdenAustralia is peeling back the layer of overburden that obscures most of the continent to find ore deposits previously hidden to exploration geo…
PacMin Mining Corporation Limited
Gold’s prospects dominate Aussie mining conference
Kalgoorlie, Australia — Consolidation in the gold mining sector and an optimistic outlook for the price of bullion over the next 18 months had delegates in high-spirits at the 10th annual Diggers & D…
Inmet, LionOre score WA discoveries
Inmet Mining (INM-T) has discovered a high-grade zinc-copper massive sulphide deposit in the Northeastern Goldfields region of Western Australia, the same area where LionOre Mining International (lim-…
Teck Cominco envisions larger zinc district in Alaska
Vancouver — With Red Dog in northwestern Alaska already the highest-grade zinc mine in the world, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) is hopeful recent drill results will enable it to outline a zinc district potent…
Goldfields, Delta to merge
Vancouver — Goldfields and fellow Australian gold miner Delta Gold have inked a merger deal that will catapult the new company to the million-ounce-per-year level. The merged entity will rank as one …
TSE down 5.5% in post-terror panic
The Toronto Stock Exchange, closing early Sept. 11 in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States, slumped drastically in the day’s financial panic to cap a week of losses in which the TSE …
PacMin posts profit (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — The subject of a $170-million take over target, Teck’s (TEK-T) Australian gold mining arm, PacMin Mining, tabled a net profit of A$7.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30.The compan…
Sons of Gwalia bids for Teck’s PacMin
Sons of Gwalia (SGW) has tabled a takeover bid for fellow Aussie gold miner PacMin Mining, an 80% controlled subsidiary of Teck (TEK-T).Gwalia is offering five of its own shares for every 28 PacMin sh…
LionOre, partners find gold near Thunderbox
A group led by Australia’s LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has discovered a gold prospect 7 km south of the company’s Thunderbox gold deposit in Western Australia’s northeastern goldfields.Named …
PacMin advances Aussie gold project to feasibility
In advancing the Carosue Dam gold project to feasibility, Teck’s (TEK-T) Australian subsidiary, PacMin Mining (pml), is using the experience gained from its Tarmoola mine operations to control operati…
Companies (November 01, 1999)
Achieva DevelopmentAlmaden ResourcesAnooraq ResourcesAsarcoAshanti GoldfieldsAtna ResourcesBarrick GoldBlackstone ResourcesBlue Desert MiningBreakwater ResourcesCambiorCamflo ResourcesCamnor Resources…
Companies (October 25, 1999)
Aber ResourcesAnglo AmericanAnglogoldApex Silver MinesAsarcoAshanti GoldfieldsAyrex ResourcesBarrick GoldBlack Hawk MiningCaledonian Pacific MineralsCambiorCerro DoradoColumbia MetalsCyprus Amax Miner…