Castleworth drills Pan (August 06, 2003)
Vancouver The initial drill results from an ongoing drill program indicate the promise for increasing resources a…
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Dynatec, Phelps Dodge to try Madagascar laterite bet (August 06, 2003)
Mining-contractor-turned-miner Dynatec (DY-T) has taken an option to earn a 53% interest in the Ambatovy nickel lat…
Infill drilling positive at Meadowbank (August 06, 2003)
Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) has finished the first phase of infill drilling at the Vault gold deposit, part of Cum…
Trading Summary (August 05, 2003)
Canada’s junior exchange started the trading week off flat with investors finding little reason to buy or sell spec…
Glamis posts lower gold output
Vancouver A production shortfall at its flagship San Martin mine in Honduras resulted in a flat profit picture fo…
Odyssey renews Altintepe drilling (August 05, 2003)
Junior Odyssey Resources (ODX-V) has renewed drilling at the Altintepe gold project in north-central Turkey.Dri…
Pele lures De Beers to Wawa (August 05, 2003)
Toronto-based Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) has attracted De Beers’ Canadian exploration arm into an option agree…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (August 04, 2003)
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Tax gain boosts Teck Cominco in Q2
Vancouver — Despite the negative effect of the rising Canadian dollar, the world’s largest zinc producer saw its second-quarter profits rise as a result of a tax gain.Teck Cominco (TEK-T) earned $12 …
Rule by lawyers replaces the rule of law Vegas slick
In Ontario, when taking a budget or supply vote to the legislature is just too much trouble for the politicians, they simply have the Lieutenant-Governor sign off on an order-in-council. In the Silver…
Boliden shutters plant
Boliden’s closure of a brass plant in West Bromwich, England, has resulted in the loss of 140 jobs.The Swedish miner closed the plant in order to consolidate production at its site in Aldridge, north …
Metals Commentary: Demand for refined nickel grows in China
(The following excerpt from The Commodity Refiner, a monthly publication of Barclays Capital Research, provides an overview of current nickel and zinc markets.)There are reasons to argue that nickel p…