Drilling by Uranerz has almost doubled the gold resource at the Converse gold property in northwestern Nevada.A 25-hole drill program on the property, 180 km northeast of Reno, has now outlined 39 mil…
Economic grades of nickel, copper and cobalt remain confined to the roughly west-to-east striking band of known zones at Voisey’s Bay, Labrador, reports Inco (n-t).The major’s Voisey’s Bay Nickel unit…
.BS.J. HUNTERImagine my shock when the cargo door to the Norseman plane was flung open and a frantic voice called out, “Get this damned beast out of here!”It was 1946 and I was at MacKay Lake, surroun…
Brian Mulroney may have been right about free trade, but the former prime minister of Canada has nothing to brag about when it comes to his Conservative Party’s track record in curbing government spen…
The troubled life of the Colomac gold mine in the Northwest Territories will soon come to an end.Owner Royal Oak Mines (ryo-t) has decided to shut down the mine in October, citing a feeble gold price …
For the eighth consecutive year, silver demand has exceeded supply from mine production and scrap, according to a survey released by the Washington, D.C.-based Silver Institute.The increased demand in…
The Diavik diamond project near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories just got a little larger, but by analysis rather than drilling.Ongoing resource modelling work has increased the level of confi…
A month or so ago, western markets were hit by the double whammy of low gold prices and the post-Bre-X blues. But over our report period ended Aug.5, a pulse and a heartbeat could be heard on both the…
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Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,723.50 per tonne, alloy $1,490 per tonne (Aug. 5/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$1,900 per tonne (Aug. 5/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.70 per lb. (Aug…
Recent drilling has confirmed the presence of a wide zone of copper mineralization within a known massive sulphide deposit at the Estaco base metal project in the Aljustrel area of southern Portugal.F…
Despite a generally positive feasibility study for the Amayapampa gold project in Bolivia, Vista Gold (vgz-x) says mining would be uneconomic unless gold prices rise above US$350 per oz.The study call…
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