Silver Standard revs up drills in Mexico (February 24, 2004)
Drilling has expanded the Cordon Colorado zone and uncovered a new deposit at La Pitarrilla, a silver project near…
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Trading Summary (February 23, 2004)
The technology stocks led the Toronto Stock Exchange 32.31 points lower to 8,609.62 to start the week. The golds ch…
Another stellar year for Goldcorp (February 23, 2004)
The exceptionally rich Red Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario bestowed its blessings on Goldcorp (G-T) for one…
Falco workers ink new deal (February 23, 2004)
Falconbridge (FL-T) expects mining and milling at its Sudbury operations to resume to normal levels before the end…
Partners expand Inter Main deposit
Ongoing drilling by partnersFNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) continues to expand the Inter Main zone at the Mc…
Orvana turns first profit from Don Mario
A modest profit was reported by Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) from the latest quarter of production at the Don Mario gold…
Spot Prices Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$413.70+5.35Silver$6.64 +0.20Platinum$857.00…
Spider, KWG expand McFaulds Lake target
Vancouver — Partners Spider Resources (SPQ-V) and KWG Resources (KWG-V) are encouraged by drill results from the McFaulds #3 base metal deposit in the James Bay Lowlands of Ontario.Hole 20 intersecte…
‘Mining for Miracles’ gets Ekati diamond
Vancouver — A diamond from the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories will be raffled to raise money for the British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.The raffle is part of the Mining for Mi…
Investment Commentary: Scotia Capital sees US$470-per-oz. gold
While many gold analysts have been criticized by gold bugs for bailing out of gold in a big way in December 2003, Scotia Capital stands out among the usually conservative, bank-owned brokerage houses …
Base Metals: The Last Leg Higher
Since the latest consensus metal price forecast survey conducted by Reuters in mid-January, in which we were the most bullish forecaster for 2004 on an aggregate basis, analysts have been busy making …
Producer and Dealer Prices (February 23, 2004)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,600/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.95/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.53/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$27-28/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$1.2435/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$375/kg.Iridium: M…