Noranda’s financial boss retires
Noranda (NRD-T) said on Tuesday, that while its chief financial officer was retiring, he would remain on to help wi…
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Trading Summary (November 10, 2003)
Profit-takers moved in on the Toronto market on Monday, sending the TSX Composite index 44.98 points lower, to 7,81…
Red Back gains Canadian listing with Champion merger
A merger agreement between Australian-listed Red Back Mining and Vancouver-based Champion Resources (CHA-V) will gi…
Coeur d’Alene enters Mexico
Vancouver — The world’s largest primary silver producer has inked a letter of intent to purchase the assets of Min…
First Quantum cuts more copper oxides in Congo (November 10, 2003)
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has pulled more long intersections of copper oxides from its newly discovered Lufua z…
Sulliden outlines geochem targets at Shahuindo (November 10, 2003)
Reconnaissance soil geochemistry by Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) at the Shahuindo property in Cajamarca department,…
Odyssey cuts mores oxides at Altintepe (November 10, 2003)
Drilling at the Altintepe property in north-central Turkey has resulted in the discovery of a gold-bearing oxide prospect for Odyssey Resources (ODX-V).Hole ATD-10, collared on Karakis Ridge, averaged…
Partners advance Taparko gold project
A feasibility study considering the combination of the Taparko and Bouroum gold deposits in Burkina Faso, West Africa, envisages total average production of 91,000 oz. per year over 7.5 years.Taparko …
McWatters sells Kiena gold operation
Looking for cash to help in its bid to revitalize the struggling Sigma-Lamaque open-pit gold mine, McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has agreed to sell its nearby Kiena mine complex on Parker Island, west of V…
Goldfields sees profits shrink
Vancouver — Gold Fields (GFI-N) posted a 40% drop in profits between the 3-month period ended Sept. 30 and the previous quarter.The world’s fourth-largest bullion producer earned US$61 million in the…
From cook to crazy
The following is the second of three excerpts from Quin Kola: Tom Payne’s Search for Gold. The book is published by Crossfield Publishing in Okotoks, Alta. Copies are available for $25 at CSPG.org or …
World Bank urged to axe development program Plenty of paradoxes
The Commodity Curse people are at it again, this time in pressuring the World Bank and its associated agencies — the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency…