Exchange Rates (November 03, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateOct. 27Oct. 24Oct. 23Oct. 22Oct. 21US$ in C$…
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Aurelian samples high grade at Condor (November 03, 2003)
Vancouver — Sampling at the Condor gold project in southeastern Ecuador has produced some eyebrow-raising assay results.Aurelian Resources (ARU-V) has been sampling and mapping the Aguas Mesas Sur 3 …
LME Warehouse Levels (November 03, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 27 (change from Oct. 20 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1371775(+3…
Northern Miner Indices (November 03, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Committee Bay seals deal with Gold Fields
Vancouver — With the results from a 1,477-metre drill program in hand, Gold Fields (GFI-N) has elected to proceed with a joint venture agreement at Committee Bay Resources’ (CBR-V) flagship gold prop…
Randgold ups Ashanti ante, omits cash (November 03, 2003)
True to its word, Randgold Resources (GOLD-Q) has boosted its all-share offer for Ghanaian-based Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N).Under the revised bid, Ashanti shareholders are being offered 0.56 of a Rand…
Diamonds North finds more stones at Blue Ice
Having completed a second season of exploration field work on the Victoria Island diamond projects in the High Arctic region of both Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Diamonds North Resources (DD…
El Peon lifts Meridian
Earnings season kicked off with Meridian Gold reporting a third-quarter net profit of US$7.9 million (or US8 per share), powered by a continued stellar performance by the El Peon high-grade undergro…
Anglo, Philex hit second porphyry
Vancouver — Perseverance and a good-sized exploration budget have enabled partners Anglo American (AAUK-Q) and Philex Gold (PGI-V) to find a second mineralized copper-gold porphyry body near the high…
New kimberlite discoveries in Quebec
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem have discovered two new small kimberlites while wrapping up a fall drilling program on their Foxtrot property in the Otish Mountains region of northern Quebe…
Met tests augur well for Cerro de Maimon
Results from metallurgical tests point to higher recovery rates at the advanced Cerro de Maimon copper-gold project in the Dominican Republic.In July, a resource update prepared for Globestar Mining (…
Suppliers Roundup (November 03, 2003)
China eyes HIsmelt technologyAustralia-based HIsmelt, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has signed a licensing agreement with the Laiwu Steel Group of China to develop an iron-making plant using…