Placer Dome Inc
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TUNGSTEN EXPLORATION – Sultan outlines zone in BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver’s SULTAN MINERALS has rediscovered the East Emerald tungsten zone at its Jersey-Emeral…
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Teck Cominco, Falconbridge, Nautilus Minerals, Endeavour Silver, Ivanhoe Mines
Vancouver’s TECK COMINCO has announced the July 1, 2006, retirement of COO Mike Lipkewich. Peter Kukielski will joi…
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DOING SOME DIGGING – That sinking feeling at South Deeps
On May 4 at the South Deep gold mine, a loaded skip and its hoist rope fell 1,600 metres from the middle to the bot…
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DOING DOME DIGGING – Goldcorp unloading Placer Dome properties
Almost as quickly as it could get its hands on some of Placer Dome’s former assets, Vancouver-based GOLDCORP began …
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UNDERSEA DRILLING – Seacore tackles deep Pacific
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Diamond drillers in search of a challenge should know about how SEACORE has drilled and recovere…
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GOLD EXPLORATION – Pelangio drills 126.4 g/t at former Detour Lake mine
NORTHERN ONTARIO – PELANGIO MINES of Toronto reports it has cored 2.3 metres that graded 126.4 g/t Au from the form…
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WARRANTS OFFERED – Goldcorp to raise US$460M
TORONTO – GOLDCORP is raising the money it needs to repay credit facilities that will be drawn down to acquire cert…
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CORPORATE EARNINGS – Placer Dome results down sharply
VANCOUVER – PLACER DOME reported this week that its net earnings for 2005 were US$80 million on sales of $1.98 bill…
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MOLYBDENUM EXPLORATION – High grades cut at Jersey-Emerald project
BRITISH COLUMBIA – SULTAN MINERALS of Calgary has cut high moly grades during its underground drilling program at t…
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GOLD RESOURCES – South Deep reserves shrink
SOUTH AFRICA – Vancouver’s PLACER DOME reports that a review of resources at its 50%-owned South Deep mine (WESTERN…
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AMALGAMATION – Placer board resigns as Barrick takes over
VANCOUVER – Nine directors of PLACER DOME have resigned following the announcement that BARRICK GOLD now controls 8…
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GOLD RESOURCES – Donlin Creek total tops 14M oz
ALASKA – Donlin Creek, the most advanced of Vancouver-based NOVAGOLD RESOURCES’ gold projects in the southwestern p…