Trading Summary (September 03, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange saw its TSX Composite index rise 13.56 points on Wednesday, closing at 7,580.36 in fairl…
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QGX soars in Mongolia (September 03, 2003)
Shares in junior gold explorer QGX (QGX-V) rocketed to an all-time high following the latest batch of exploration r…
Minco drills Gobi project (September 03, 2003)
Vancouver — Minco Mining and Metals (MMM-V) recently kicked off a drill program on its Gobi gold project and conti…
Cross Lake targets IP anomaly
An induced polarization survey has outlined what may be a new gold zone at the QR Mine property in British Columbia…
Trading Summary (September 02, 2003)
A US$2.50-per-oz. drop by gold to US$372.80 per oz. in New York sent Toronto’s gold index 3.65 points, or 1.8% of v…
Committee Bay yields high-grade gold (September 02, 2003)
Vancouver A 1,477-metre drill program by partners Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) has ret…
Corriente cuts new copper at Mirador (September 02, 2003)
Drilling by Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) has cut a new zone of high-grade copper mineralization about 3 km to the no…
BHP boosts profit
Vancouver – Despite a drop in sales, Australia-based BHP Billiton (BHP-N) saw profits rise to US$1.9 billion, or US…
Pechiney snubs Alcan sweetener (September 02, 2003)
Alcan (AL-T) has taken a sweetened takeover bid for Pechiney off the table after the French rival roundly rejected…
Glencairn targets flow-through financing
Vancouver — Glencairn Gold (GLJ-V) intends to raise $1.6 million via a placement of 3.6 million flow-through warrants priced at 45 each.Each special warrant is exercisable, at no cost, into one flow…
Alcan submits formal bid for Pechiney
Alcan (al-t) has submitted its 3.4-billion-euro bid for French rival Pechiney to the European Commission. The Montreal-based aluminum giant had launched its hostile bid in early July but held off form…
NAP sizes up Lac des les underground (September 01, 2003)
North American Palladium (PDL-T) will launch a full feasibility study of a proposed underground mining operation targeting the Main High Grade zone at its Lac des Iles palladium-platinum mine, 85 km n…