Montreal hosts dam conference
At a symposium on June 15 at the Palais des Congrs de Montral, specialists from the hydraulics and mining industries will exchange ideas on maintenance and environmental issues associated with taili…
2003
Minefinders pushes Dolores to feasibility
Vancouver — Drilling along the 2.2-km-long main Dolores zone has enhanced the economic prospects of the large gold system in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Minefinders (MFL-T) has sunk an additional 40,500…
People (June 16, 2003)
Barrick — Alex Davidson appointed executive VP of exploration.Canadian Oil Sands Trust — Allen Hagerman appointed CFO of wholly owned subsidiary Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. which manages the trust.Cu…
Gammon scores at Northeast Ocampo (June 16, 2003)
Gammon Lake Resources (GAM-T) has reported a new gold resource at its wholly owned Northeast Ocampo project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.The new resource, audited by Pincock Allen & Holt, consists of u…
Strike could affect nickel price
The contract of hourly paid workers at two Inco installations in Ontario is about to expire, and concerns are growing that a strike could send already-high nickel prices through the roof.Members of th…
Monroe expands capacity at London (June 16, 2003)
Intent on achieving a processing rate of 44,000 tonnes of alluvial gravel per month by year-end, Calgary-based Monroe Minerals (MMX-V) is adding a third pan plant at its London diamond project in Sout…
Markham vehicle cease-traded
The British Columbia Securities Commission has placed a permanent cease-trade order on the shares of American Gold Mining, which had been promoted by Ronald Markham.Markham, who the commission says is…
Partners test McCreedy’s PM zone (June 16, 2003)
Underground drilling by partners FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) at the McCreedy West mine in Sudbury, Ont., continues to return high-grade values of copper, platinum, palladium and gold.The lat…
MIM shareholders give Xstrata offer the nod
Shareholders of Australian-based M.I.M. Holdings have approved a A$4.9-billion cash-and-debt takeover offer by Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata.The world’s fourth-largest coal exporter received the support o…
Nevada Star kicks off geophysics at Man property
Vancouver –Nevada Star Resource (NEV-V) has started a ground geophysical survey on its 100% owned Dunite Hill project in Alaska.The MAN project is situated in east-central Alaska, south of Fairbanks …
Glamis breaks ground at El Sauzal in Mexico
Full-scale construction is under way at Glamis Gold’s (GLG-T) El Sauzal project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.The change-of-land-use permit authorizing construction and operation of El Sauzal followed t…
Pound foolishness
A British Broadcasting Corporation report in mid-May said the country’s chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, had decided the United Kingdom was “not ready” to accept the euro as its national cur…