Exploration history and mineral potential of the central Arctic Zn-Pb District, Nunavut.
ABSTRACT. Exploration in the central Arctic Zn-Pb District took place in five phases: 1) an initial exploration period (1960-70), during which most surface showings on Cornwallis and Little Cornwallis islands were found; 2) a discovery period (1971-79), during which the buried Polaris ore body was discovered and its feasibility...

P/$ rate closes at P50.54 to $ 1.
The peso rate closed lower at P50.54 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P50.49 last Friday. The weighted average rate depreciated to P50.552 from P50.508. Total volume amounted to $ 344 million. NG debt dips...

Lafayette forced to halt operations at Rapu-Rapu mine again.
SYDNEY (XFN-ASIA) - Lafayette Mining said it has halted operations at its Rapu-Rapu mine in the Philippines after a temporary government operating license expired. The Australian-listed company said results from mine operations over a trial run have demonstrated the mine's ore treatment plant is in compliance with...

Primordial nukes: the 2-billion-year-old tale of Earth's natural nuclear reactors.
For more than a decade, Alexander P. Meshik has kept close tabs on a fleck of black rock no larger than an infant's fingernail. It's so unassuming that most people would sweep it into a dustpan without a second thought. Yet to Meshik, a nuclear physicist originally from Russia,...

'With a little help from our friends': the role of new solidarities and alliances in the remaking of Warsop Vale.
Introduction Industrial and political developments since the 1984-5 miners' strike have resoundingly vindicated the sobering prognoses of academic commentators who forecast the decimation of the mining industry and its related community life (see Winterton & Winterton, 1989). Following the heroic defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers...

Officials of Kalinga town firm on their stand against mining.
TABUK, Kalinga a" Officials of Pasil, Kalinga, the host of the minining concession of the government-owned and idled Batungbuhay Gold Mines Inc. (BBGMI) which the Arroyo administration has placed on the auction block since September 2005, would not allow mining in their midst if it harms the environment. ...

Industry criticizes anti-mining drive, seeks talks with CBCP.
Byline: GIL M. ABARICO DAVAO CITY - Leaders of the mining industry have rebuked the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) for demanding a repeal of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, saying extractive industries have become responsible partners for national development. After blasting...

Atlas Mining unit to invest P12 B to reopen Toledo mine; Used to be biggest coal mine in the Far East.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Carmen Copper Corp., wholly-owned unit of Atlas Mining Consolidated and Development Corp., is investing P12.475 billion to reopen and rehabilitate the Toledo mine in Cebu, which used to be the biggest coal mine in the Far East. The project was among the...

Lepanto to resume copper production.
Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company will resume commercial copper production by September this year through its Victoria Copper-Gold Flotation project in Benguet. Lepanto chairman Felipe Yap said in an interview yesterday that they have already begun rehabilitation work and should be able to start commercial production in two...

P/$ rate closes at P49.91 to $ 1.
The peso rate closed lower at P49.91 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P49.76 the previous day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P49.823 from P49.784. Total volume amounted to $ 354.85 million. Lepanto granted...