EXPLORATION NEWS MegaTEM Surveys Point to Drill Targets
Partners NORANDA, NOVICOURT and VIRGINIA GOLD MINES have completed 10 airborne MegaTEM surveys over 9,063 square ki...
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DEVELOPMENT NEWS Cost of Messina Shaft Cut by Half
The Messina platinum mine, which is controlled 70.4% by SOUTHERNERA RESOURCES of Toronto, has optimized its shaft-d...
DEVELOPMENT NEWS Hatch to Study Courageous Lake
SEABRIDGE GOLD has hired HATCH ASSOCIATES LTD. to prepare a scoping study on the Courageous Lake gold project in th...
DEVELOPMENT NEWS Great Basin Options Project in Africa
GREAT BASIN GOLD LTD., a member of the Hunter Dickinson group of Vancouver, has optioned the Burnstone gold project...
MINE NEWS Etruscan, Mountain Lake Mining Diamonds
Joint venture partners ETRUSCAN RESOURCES and MOUNTAIN LAKE RESOURCES have officially opened their Tirisano diamond...
COMPANY NEWS Fording Says "No" to Sherritt Offer
The board of FORDING INC. has unanimously recommended that shareholders reject the take-over offer made by SHERRITT...
MINING PEOPLE (November 07, 2002)
Michel Garon has been appointed general manager of the Lac Dor project belonging to MCKENZIE BAY RESOURCES. The La...
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIERS – Sandvik Tamrock Automates Tunnelling Jumbo
SANDVIK TAMROCK is committed to customer service and continuous improvement. When asked for a large, automated tunn...
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIERS New Bulk Loader from Dyno Nobel
DYNO NOBEL NORTH AMERICA has launched the new DynoMiner APS (air powered system), a reliable, economical solution f...
DOING SOME DIGGING (October 31, 2002)
We are watching the rising gold price with great interest. Holding between US$315 and US$320 per ounce, the yellow...
CORPORATE NEWS Sherritt, Fording Face Off
Ten days ago Sherritt Coal Partnership II, an alliance of SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL CORP. and the Ontario Teacher's Pe...
MINE SITE NEWS Remembering the Polaris Mine
Teck Cominco's Polaris base metal mine closed in August 2002. It was the most northerly base metal mine in the worl...
MINE SITE NEWS Bullmoose Downsizes
The Bullmoose open pit in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., will lay off 46 employees on Jan. 24, 2003. The mine is nearing the...
MINE SITE NEWS Death at Con Mine
On Oct. 29, MIRAMAR MINING CORP. reported the death of an employee at its Con gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T. Ceci...
Gem Diamonds rebounds as big stones lift prices, profit
Letšeng’s high-value diamonds and lower costs help the miner recover despite persistent weakness across the broader market.