Gammon drills Ocampo (September 22, 2003)
Gammon Lake Resources (GAM-T) has completed the first round of 30 step-out and infill holes on its wholly owned Northeast Ocampo gold-silver project in Mexico.Highlights from the Aventurero zone inclu…
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Pacific NW cuts high grade at River Valley
Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has intersected impressive intervals of platinum and palladium at its River Valley project, 60 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont.The project is a 50-50 joint…
Newmont drops Kinross shares
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has sold 28 million of its 43.2 million shares in Kinross Gold (K-T) to a group of dealers led by Griffiths McBurney & Partners and RBC Dominion Securities for US$218 million, b…
Imperial drills Mt. Polley
Vancouver — Looking to reinvigorate the dormant Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia, owner Imperial Metals (III-T) has a drill rig turning on a newly discovered zone, some 1.5 km northe…
Glencairn, Black Hawk ink merger deal
Vancouver — Glencairn Gold (GLJ-V) and Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) have signed a merger agreement.Black Hawk’s shareholders will vote on the deal at a meeting scheduled for early October. The company’s…
The Northern Miner Indices (September 22, 2003)
North American Mining: 89.26 (-0.81)Small Producers: 88.39 (-3.31)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Trading Summary (September 19, 2003)
Toronto’s mining sector helped the Toronto Stock Exchange to end the week in the black on Friday. The gold index ro…
Defiance boosts Tasiast resource
With about 28,000 metres worth of reverse-circulation and core drilling under its belt, Defiance Mining (DM-T) has…
Gold Fields – AngloGold ink pact
Vancouver South African-based rivals Gold Fields (GFI-N) and AngloGold (AU-N) have elected to team up in the coun…
Trading Summary (September 18, 2003)
Canada’s diversified miners were the star of the show, gaining 3.89 points to end Thursday’s trading session at 132…
Copper miners eye higher prices (September 18, 2003)
Vancouver — After years of cutting back production because of low prices, the World’s largest copper miners are ca…
Relieved of debt, Anaconda molts
Having shed its Murrin Murrin debt, Aussie nickel-laterite miner Anaconda Nickel plans on a fresh start by asking s…