Alcan offer opens in France
Alcan (AL-T) has officially opened its 4-billion-euro takeover bid for French rival Pechiney after recently securin…
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Temex tests Juby
Temex Resources (TME-V) has begun a 7,000-metre drill campaign on its Juby gold project along the western extension…
BRT fails to yield base metals
Vancouver The first round of drilling over the BRT massive sulphide showing on the Foremore property in northwest…
Trading Summary (October 06, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange began the week with a 43.28-point climb to 7,562.87 on Monday, as the technology stocks…
Bright Star eyes West Pogo
Vancouver Junior Bright Star Ventures(BSV-V) has picked up a 35% interest in prospective ground some 8 km west of…
Fortune cashes up
Fortune Minerals (FT-T) has privately placed 643,500 units at 70 apiece to The Contrarian Resource Fund and three…
Outokumpu cashes in Inmet shares
Finland’s Outokumpu has raised 23 million euros via the sale of about 4 million shares in Inmet Mining (IMN-T)….
Desert Sun sees open-pit potential at Morro do Vento
Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T) says results from drilling at its Jacobina property in Bahia state, Brazil, indicate that a low-grade resource could be built up at the Morro do Vento gold prospect.Results f…
Feds to study diamond sector
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), a department of the Ministry of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, is about to undertake what it hopes will be an authoritative study of Canada’s burge…
Newmont eyes Ghana for growth
Vancouver — Denver-based Newmont Mining (NEM-N) expects production to rise by 5.5% this year, reaching 7.2-7.4 million oz. (Thereafter, from 2004 to 2006, yearly output will settle down to 7 million …
A commodity economy needs a commodity currency Swede reason
As the Canadian dollar continues to rise against its U.S. counterpart, the occasional bleats from the commentariat in favour of a monetary union with the United States are fewer and quieter. It seems …
Plexmar hikes to Peru (October 06, 2003)
Junior Plexmar Resources (PLE-V) has inked a deal to earn a full interest in the Marilia gold property in the Cajamarca department of northern Peru.The property, which covers 5 sq. km, is 15 km west o…