Apex snares financing for San Cristobal
Two of the world’s major lending agencies have agreed to help finance the San Cristobal silver-zinc project of Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) in southwestern Bolivia.The agencies are International Finance …
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TSE Shorts (May 29, 2000)
Short positions outstanding at May 15, 2000Larger individual positions include:Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. 1,285,729 up 194,498; Alcan Aluminium Ltd. 509,745 down 150,432; Anderson Exploration Ltd.
Eldorado has hopes for Efemcukuru project’s potential
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) is working towards achieving the next level of environmental assessment at its Efemcukuru project in western Turkey.The company operates the project through its wholly owned Turk…
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Aurizon Mines poised to revive mining camp
Back in the mid-1980s, Quebec’s Casa Berardi camp was making news across Canada, including the front pages of this newspaper. The camp has since fallen on hard times, with its operations either deplet…
Gold aids Africa’s renaissance
While South Africa is expected to be number-one in gold for decades to come, the list of the world’s top 20 producers is expected soon to include several African nations now undergoing a mine-building…
Gold district takes shape on Chile-Argentine border
When Barrick Gold (ABX-T) acquired what is now the Pascua-Lama property, through the 1994 takeover of Lac Minerals, gold resources were a mere 2.3 million oz. Today, it hosts proven and probable reser…
Band-Ore intensifies drilling near Wawa
While awaiting assay results from drilling programs on two of its Ontario properties, Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has begun drilling on a third.At the GQ diamond property, near Wawa, Ont., three short …
PGM at high demand
Rising demand and uncertainty over Russian supplies are evoking primary producers of platinum group metals to expand production at an unprecedented rate.Plagued by archaic technology and having only l…
Partners outline 500,000-tonne resource at Mel deposit
Partners Inco (N-T) and Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) have released a mineral resource estimate of 550,000 tonnes grading 1.69% nickel for the Mel deposit in what is considered to be a dislocated part of …
Production stops at Grasberg after fatal accident
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) has agreed to cut back on production at its 85%-held Grasberg copper-gold operation in Indonesia pending the investigation of a waste-pile accident that killed f…