The cost of operating gold mines in the Western World in 1996 fell to US$250.70, down US$2.50 from $253.2 per oz. in 1995, according to a survey conducted by Sydney-based AME Mineral Economics.Average…
A second phase of drilling on the Intidougou gold project in western Burkina Faso is returning encouraging results for equal partners Orezone Resources (ORZ-M) and Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T).The pr…
Legislation regulating the export and import of rough diamonds in Russia is receiving final approval from President Boris Yeltsin.Once the law is passed, a new trade agreement is expected to be negoti…
Sales of rough diamonds by the marketing arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-Q) netted the company a record US$2.8 billion for the first six months of 1997, an increase of 4.8% over the same peri…
Two ambitious exploration programs in the greenstones east of Night Hawk Lake, about 50 km east of Timmins, Ont., appear to be paying off for Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-V), East West Resource (EWR-V) an…
A new estimate of the gold resource at its Baley gold project in far eastern Russia has enabled Armada Gold (AAU-T) to boost the projected production grade by about 20%.The new resource for the Taseev…
The author is project manager of Keep Mining in Canada, a campaign designed to increase awareness of the importance of mining in this country.Now we start again.The election is over and there are new …
Canadian production of refined copper, nickel and potash increased in April, compared with the same period last year. However, output of gold, silver, lead, zinc, primary copper, asbestos and salt was…
Drilling at the Mt. Kare gold property in Papua New Guinea is attempting to determine the geological controls of the mineralization known to exist along the western side of the Main geochemical anomal…
Indo Pacific Resources (IPF-A) will begin a diamond drill program at three of its gold exploration licences in Papua New Guinea.The 3-To-4-Month program, to begin in August, will test secondary or nea…
Graham Dickson, Robert Mill and Robert Stroshein appointed directors.
The government of Uzbekistan plans to sell a 40% stake in the Almalyk mining and metallurgical plant, one of the largest copper producers of the former U.S.S.R.The plant produced 100,000 tonnes of cop…
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