Rio Tinto going deep on Argyle mine (December 13, 2005)
Vancouver – The much delayed decision by Rio Tinto (RTP-N) on whether to transition its Argyle open pit diamond min…
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UPDATE: Placer and Barrick take a breather
Placer Dome (PDG-T,PDG-N) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a break from a month-long sparring match on Dec. 11,…
Southwestern aims drills at Boka 7 as pre-feasibility study begins
Vancouver Now that a pre-feasibility study has been awarded to engineering firm Ausenco, Southwestern Resources (…
Precious metals sweeten pot for Yukon Zinc
Vancouver With final results from this year’s drill program in hand, Yukon Zinc (YZC-V) has encountered additiona…
International Minerals weighs San Luis (December 12, 2005)
International Minerals (IMZ-T) has pegged the recently discovered San Luis vein system on the Rio Blanco epithermal…
Taseko boosts reserves at Gibraltar
Vancouver A 30% increase in reserves is expected to increase the life of the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine by …
BHP Billiton takes kick at Agata nickel
Vancouver – Surigao joint venture partners Mindoro Resources (MIO-V, MNODF-O) and Panoro Minerals (PML-V, POROF-O) …
Inter-Citic adds ounces at Dachang (December 12, 2005)
Inter-Citic Minerals (ICI-V) has unveiled the first resource estimate for the NR-2 fault zone on the 391-sq.-km Dac…
People (December 12, 2005)
LME Warehouse Levels (December 12, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 5, 2005 (change from Nov. 29 in brackets):…
Base Metal Prices propel market
After a steep 1-day dip and an even steeper 1-day rebound, the Toronto Stock Exchange settled into a quiet trading period that finished with the TSX Composite Index up 66.15 points to 11,008.78 on Dec…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 12, 2005)
Close: Dec. 2, 2005…