Trading Summary (August 15, 2003)
Canada’s junior exchange ended the week modestly higher on very light volume.The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite…
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SKN eyes more ground near Boka (August 15, 2003)
Vancouver SKN Resources (SRL-V) has added 24.6 km of ground to its already impressive land holdings around Southw…
Power outage puts Porcupine on hold
Vancouver A widespread power outage has forced partners Placer Dome (PDG-T) and Kinross Gold (K-T) to stop prod…
LionOre posts record profit (August 15, 2003)
Vancouver — The second quarter of 2003 proved to be a stellar one for LionOre Mining International (LIM-T). Th…
Kinross idles Lupin
Soaring costs have forced Kinross Gold (K-T) to suspend operations at its Lupin mine in Nunavut, 400 km northeast o…
Trading Summary (August 14, 2003)
Canada’s junior exchange ended the day higher with investors finding a renewed appetite for oil & gas related issue…
Trading Summary (August 13, 2003)
Toronto’s gold index managed to pick up just 0.23 of appoint to make 189.06 on Wednesday despite a US$3.30-per-oz.
Canico expands Onca-Puma project
Canico Resource (CNI-T) has boosted the inferred resource estimate for its Onca and Puma nickel laterite deposits i…
Rock Creek shaping up for NovaGold (August 13, 2003)
Vancouver — Novagold Resources (NRI-T) has tabled a positive scoping study of the Rock Creek project, near Nome, A…
Results keep PNWC bullish at River Valley
Vancouver — Harry Bar-led Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has tabled further encouraging drill results from its…
Extra items bolster Placer Dome’s earnings
Vancouver — Extraordinary items propelled Placer Dome (PDG-T) to a US$66-million (US16-per- share) profit for the second quarter of 2003.The surging profit included a US$16-million derivative gain a…
Rising rand hits African gold miners
Vancouver — Africa’s biggest gold producers felt the impact of a falling U.S. dollar during the second quarter.AngloGold (AU-N) earned US$66 million in the three months ended June 30, or 11% less tha…