Seabridge examines options for Grassy Mountain
Toronto-based Seabridge Gold (sea-t) is continuing efforts to advance its wholly owned Grassy Mountain gold project…
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Gitennes Continues Focus on Peru
As part of a joint venture with Meridian Gold (mng-t), Vancouver-based Gitennes Exploration (git-t) expects to begi…
BHP Options Aussie Project
Mega-miner BHP Billiton (bhp-n) has decided to exercise an option to earn into an Australian nickel-copper project…
Aquiline expands Argentine project
Drilling by Aquiline Resources’ (AQI-V) at its Calcatreu gold-silver project in Argentina has extended a zone of high-grade mineralization to more than 700 metres.The latest, 13-hole program targeted …
TVI Pacific buoyed by progress at Rapu Rapu in Philippines
An improved outlook for metals prices has Calgary-based TVI Pacific (TVI-T) expecting to benefit from several advanced polymetallic projects in the Philippines.The company holds a 2.5% net smelter ret…
LME Warehouse Levels (March 08, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 2 (change from Feb. 24 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1393675(+8…
Tournigan drills Curraghinalt
Vancouver — Drilling by Tournigan Gold (TVC-V) has intersected high-grade gold mineralization at the Curraghinalt project in Northern Ireland. The program is designed to upgrade the resource classifi…
Alcoa sheds its chemicals division
Aluminum giant Alcoa closed the period ended March 2 up US45 to US$37.71 after its 60%-owned subsidiary Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals completed the sale of Alcoa Specialty Chemicals to two private …
Spot Prices Tuesday, March 2, 2004 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$398.60-2.85Silver$6.86 +0.32Platinum$887.00+30.00…
Teck Cominco declares force majeure at Trail
Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has declared force majeure on deliveries of refined lead from its Trail smelter in southeastern British Columbia.An explosion inside the Kivcet lead furnace at Trail caused extens…
Western Keltic acquires Kutcho Creek in BC
Western Keltic Mines (WKM-V) will perform exploration drilling on its newly acquired Kutcho Creek project in northern British Columbia.The Kutcho Creek volcanogenic massive-sulphide deposit is one of …
Fronteer raises $6m for exploration
Vancouver — Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) intends to raise $6 million through a private-placement financing, with most of the proceeds earmarked for exploration in Labrador and Red Lake. The fin…