Pacific Minerals cuts high-grade PGM’s at JBS
Vancouver — Pacific Minerals (PMZ-V) has intersected high-grade platinum, palladium and gold mineralization while…
2003
Diversification boosts Teck Cominco (April 22, 2003)
Vancouver An improved operating performance at the Trail smelter in British Columbia combined with an 18% jump in…
Record production powers Rio Narcea turnaround
Paced by record gold production from its El Valle mine in Spain, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) staged an impressive…
Trading Summary (April 21, 2003)
Toronto’s gold stocks put in a 4.69-point or nearly 3% gain to help the S&P/TSX Composite Index 45.08 points higher…
Stillwater awaits regulatory nod
Vancouver London-based Norimet, the marketing arm of Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, has reaffirmed its desire to acquir…
Metallic Ventures cuts new gold at Gemfield
Reno-based Metallic Ventures (MVG-T) continues to cut high gold values on its Gemfield deposit on the Goldfield pro…
NovaGold, Placer boost Donlin Creek
Vancouver — Partners NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) and Placer Dome (PDG-T) have increased the measured and indicated resources at the Donlin Creek deposit in Alaska.The deposit, in which NovaGold has a …
Busy week for base metals
The base metal miners took the spotlight away from the golds during the report period ended April 15.BHP Billiton rose 20 to US$11.56 as it launched a 10-year, US$850-million global bond, part of whi…
Regulations stall California projects
Two new regulatory actions in California have placed the future of two gold mining projects in doubt.California’s Surface Mining and Reclamation Act has been amended to force mine operators to backfil…
Falco charged over effluent
Falconbridge’s (FL-T) Kidd Creek operation has been charged with one count of allegedly discharging concentrations of zinc and copper effluent into Three Nations Creek, a water course near Timmins, On…
Barrick’s Oliphant receives sweet sendoff
Dry any tears you may have shed for Randall Oliphant, unceremoniously dumped in February from his position as president and CEO of Barrick Gold.While that move was widely viewed as Oliphant’s punishme…
Better ways than Kyoto
The Kyoto Accord is not the best way to fight global warming, says renowned Danish scientist Bjorn Lomborg, who spoke at the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, he…