Cambior raises $40.9 million, Ariane widens loss
Shares in Montreal-based Cambior (CBJ-T) shot up 22, or more than 5%, to 4.40 in early trading in Toronto on Nov.
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Quebec court rejects Oka appeal
A Quebec court has reject an appeal by the Union of Agricultural Producers (UPA) Outaouais-Laurentides against an e…
Jilbey cuts gold at Taranga (November 25, 2003)
Initial drill results from the 240-sq.-km Taranga exploration permit in Burkina Faso, West Africa, have failed to m…
Trading Summary (November 24, 2003)
Toronto’s gold index felt the drag of a sinking yellow metal dropping 2.94 points to settle at 224.10 on Monday. Go…
AngloGold dishes Tanami
Vancouver Perth-based Tanami Gold has picked up the prospective Coyote gold deposit in northern Western Australia…
Olympic Dam shows more cracks
Production at WMC Resources’ (WMC-N) troubled Olympic Dam copper smelter in Southern Australia has been suspended a…
Metallic Ventures advances Esmeralda
Ongoing underground infill drilling by Metallic Ventures Gold (MVG-T) continues to cut high-grade gold values on th…
Spot Prices Tuesday November 18, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$392.42+14.10Silver$5.21+0.28Platinum$762.00+20.00…
Feds to spend $10m to boost Arctic mining
The federal government will spend an additional $10 million over two years on geological maps and surveys in Canada’s north in an effort to stimulate exploration and development.The funding is part of…
South Africa takes action on mine safety
The government of South Africa has stopped black-owned company New Diamond Corp. (NDC) from mining and prospecting at Schmidtsdrift, an alluvial diamond mine in the Northern Cape.The Department of Min…
Blue Ice proves puzzling
After a summer’s drilling on the High Arctic Blue Ice project at Victoria Island, there appear to be more questions than answers for Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V).Both the Carina and newly discover…
E3 to be free of charge
Beginning in March 2004, the E3 Environmental Excellence in Exploration program will be available on the Internet free of charge.The program was launched by the Prospectors & Developers Association of…