For 1997, Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) reported a loss of $121.6 million (or $2.83 per share), attributing the red ink to low gold prices. By comparison, the previous year saw the company earn $300,000 …
A detailed prefeasibility study has branded the Brisas gold-copper project in southeastern Venezuela uneconomic, Gold Reserve (GLR-T) reports.Independent consulting firm JE MinCorp, a Denver-based div…
Aber Resources (ABZ-T) and Diavik Diamond Mines, a division of Rio Tinto (RTP-N), unveiled a $875-million plan to build Canada’s second diamond mine.The mine site is situated 300 km northwest of Yello…
While mine closures have had the impact of reducing copper concentrate availability, the volume of production will be overwhelming in the second half of 1998 and throughout 1999. To have visible impac…
.BWilliam SulzerThe prospector is the most useful man to commerce and the most valuable man of civilization.Political economists tell us that next to agriculture, mining is the next greatest industry….
Four years ago, the Canadian government recorded a deficit of $42 billion.This year, it is out of the red and into the black, a feat not accomplished in 50 years. South of the border, U.S. President B…
Major leaguer Barrick Gold (ABX-T) increased its fourth-quarter earnings by boosting production and lowering cash costs.In the three months ended Dec. 31, 1997, Barrick earned US$75 million, compared …
Junior Canarc Resource (CCM-T) has acquired a polymetallic prospect on 19,600 ha of ground in the bourgeoning El Salvador area play in central Mexico.The property, known as Lobo 3, lies 20 km northeas…
Indochina Goldfields (ING-T) has boosted minable reserves and production estimates at its Monywa copper project in the north-central plains of Myanmar.The project, which is jointly owned by IG and the…
Partners Thunderwood Resources (THS-T) and Consolidated Abitibi Resources (CAQ-M) have discovered more high-grade gold and zinc mineralization in drill core from their Lew property in northwestern Man…
Montreal-based West African Mining Exploration (SMF-T) reports that an ongoing prefeasibility study has confirmed the presence of oxide and sulphide gold mineralization at the Teleku-Bokazo property i…
Bolivar Goldfields (BVG-T) is dropping its lawsuit against Monarch Resources (MRE-T) and buying Monarch’s majority interest in the Revemin processing plant, situated 16 km from Bolivar’s Tomi gold con…
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