NEWS ROUNDUP — Niocan improves niobium recovery
Testing by Quebec’s Centre de Recherches Minerales has boosted recovery rates at the S-60 niobium deposit owned by Niocan (NIO-M) near Oka, Que.Rates increased to 78% from 75%, and reagent costs were …
1999
Manitoba passes registration law
Manitoba has joined the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and New Brunswick in passing legislation requiring geologists to be registered professionally.The n…
Boost for Meadowbank
Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) continues to release results from infill drilling completed earlier this year at its Meadowbank gold project, 70 km north of Baker Lake, Nunavut.The latest figures are fro…
Global Markets conference postponed
“Global Emerging Markets: London 1999”, an investment conference slated for mid-September of this year in London, England, has been postponed until Sept. 18 and 19, 2000.The organizers of the event, I…
SPOT PRICES, Wed. July 21, 1999
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$252.90-$2.70Silver$ 5.03-$0.09…
Orezone strikes more gold at Kerboul in West Africa
Junior Orezone Resources (ORZ-M) has received more encouraging results from reverse-circulation drilling at its Kerboul gold property in northern Burkina Faso.Eight holes sunk in the Kerboul South z…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Xemac acquires copper property in Mexico
Val d’Or, Que.-based Xemac Resources (XEM-M) has purchased the La Turquesa copper porphyry concession in Baja California, Mexico.The company bought the remaining two-thirds interest from Mexican partn…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Vengold ought to reassess its priorities
Thank you for your recent coverage of Vengold’s annual meeting for shareholders, held in Vancouver, Canada. We appreciate your focus upon minority shareholder rights.There are a few minor clarificatio…
Tenke follows trailblazing sibling into South America
Tenke Mining (TNK-T), presided over by Lukas Ludin, is making inroads into South America following the success there of sister company Argentina Gold.In April, Argentina Gold, another Ludin-led compan…
GOLD FUNDS (July 26, 1999)
Gold Funds as of July 21, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$12.805.35Price$9.00$5.1…
Teck takes over Minco’s White Silver Mtn.
The exercise by Teck (TEK-T) of 125,000 warrants of Minco Mining and Metals (MMM-T) will enable it to become operator of the White Silver Mountain base metal project in Gansu province, China.Minco is …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — NEW HORIZONS — Platinum keeps prototypes rolling
Zero-emmission power generation has long been the Holy Grail for environmentalists, industrialists and legislators. Increasingly tough pollution standards are the product of enormous pressure for chan…