GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Bathurst Camp Yields Yellow Metal BATHURST, New Brunswick The Bathurst mining camp, long noted for its base metal producers, is heating up as a pot... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:47 pm
BASE METAL/PGM EXPLORATION NEWS High Assays from 34 Zone near Rainy River FORT FRANCIS, Ontario Toronto-based NUINSCO RESOURCES has confirmed high nickel/copper/PGM and precious metal val... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:45 pm
DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT NEWS Snap Lake Clears Public Hearing Hurdle YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories Public hearings into DE BEERS' application for a water licence and land use pe... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:43 pm
DIAMOND ENVIRONMENT NEWS Jericho Wins Approval LUPIN, Nunavut The Nunavut Impact Review Board has given the thumbs up to the environmental impact statement (EIS... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:41 pm
OIL SANDS ENVIRONMENT NEWS Jackpine Project Gets Nod FORT McMURRAY, Alberta SHELL CANADA (60%) and its partners WESTERN OIL SANDS (20%) and CHEVRON CANADA (20%) have... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:39 pm
MINING CHEMICALS NEWS Hochberg Studies North American Trends CHESTER, New Jersey Mining companies in the United States and Canada spent an estimated US$1 billion on chemicals... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:36 pm
MINERAL ANALYSIS NEWS Compact, Rugged Instrument for Rocks and Soils BOULDER, Colorado ANALYTICAL SPECTRAL DEVICES (ASD), manufacturer of rapid precision analytical and quality contr... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:32 pm
DRILLING EQUIPMENT NEWS Turkey Takes Three Bucyrus Drills SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin BUCYRUS has sold two 35HR drills to the Turkish Coal Board (TKI). TKI is a government-... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:30 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Cusac, Crystallex, GMP Securities, Pacific North West, Barrick, Banro Lesley Hunt is the aptly-named new VP of exploration at CUSAC GOLD MINES. For the past 15 years he has worked direc... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2004 | 3:27 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING Workers, Alcan Go Head-on Last week we reported that ALCAN plans to close four, 60-year-old Soderberg potlines at its Jonquire aluminum smel... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2004 | 11:45 am
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS New Zones Drilled at Midway Project VAL D'OR, Quebec Drilling at the Midway gold property, 16 km west of this city, continues to encounter significan... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2004 | 11:41 am
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS $4.7 Million Pledged for Meadowbank Work BAKER LAKE, Nunavut CUMBERLAND RESOURCES of Vancouver has pledged $4.7 million for a 2004 exploration program on... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2004 | 11:39 am