OIL SANDS EXPANSION – Board Okays $3.6-Billion Suncor Plan CALGARY - SUNCOR ENERGY's board of directors has approved the spending of $3.6 billion on the expansion of the comp... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2004 | 5:00 pm
GOLD RESOURCES STUDY – Island High-grade Material Contains Over 200,000 Oz ONTARIO - Partners RICHMONT MINES of Montreal and PATRICIA MINING of Toronto now have a better idea of the high-gra... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2004 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – Drilling Resumes on Naartok Zone at Hope Bay NUNAVUT Vancouver-based MIRAMAR MINING has resumed drilling on the Naartok zone at its Hope Bay gold project on t... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2004 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – Clearwater High-Grade Extends Below 600 Metres QUEBEC - Assays from five of eight recent drillholes at its 100%-owned Clearwater project north of Chibougamau retu... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2004 | 5:00 pm
TANTALUM/NIOBIUM STUDY – Flotation Doubles Concentrate Grade BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based COMMERCE RESOURCES says that floating the gravity concentrate from its Blue Rive... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2004 | 5:00 pm
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Timiskaming Diamond Values Encouraging ONTARIO Just west of Cobalt, CONTACT DIAMOND CORP. of Toronto is drilling its Timiskaming diamond project. And th... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2004 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Teck Cominco, Young-Davidson, South American Gold, Fronteer, Diadem Vancouver-based TECK COMINCO announced the appointment of Donald R. Lindsay as president, effective Jan. 1, 2005. H... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2004 | 5:30 pm
OBITUARY Frank Beales It is with sadness that CMJ informs its readers of the passing of Frank Beales at the age of 85. Born in Great Brit... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2004 | 5:30 pm
PIT EQUIPMENT Chilean Copper Project Places $83M Order with Finning CHILE The South American division of Vancouver-based FINNING INTERNATIONAL has been awarded an $83-million order... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2004 | 5:30 pm
GOLD PLANT Gekko to Supply Gravity-Float Plant for North Star Project MANITOBA FORAN MINING of Flin Flon has purchased a GEKKO SYSTEMS gravity flotation intensive leach (GFIL) plant f... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2004 | 5:30 pm
MONEY TALK – $1.2B for Barrick and Placer Dome TORONTO and VANCOUVER The money continues to find its way to Canadian mining companies. Toronto's BARRICK GOLD wi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2004 | 5:30 pm
WATER TREATMENT BioteQ Signs Deal with CanZinco NEW BRUNSWICK Vancouver-based BIOTEQ ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES has inked a six-year operating agreement with Bre... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2004 | 5:30 pm