Anooraq drills rev at South Block
With $728,000 in its coffers thanks to a recent private placement of 1.4 million shares at 52 apiece, Anooraq Reso…
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Trading Summary (May 27, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange lagged behind the rest of the other major North American bourses, scraping together just…
Trading Summary (May 26, 2003)
With U.S. markets closed on Monday, the Toronto Stock Exchange managed to scrape together 1.95 points to make 6,784…
Mindoro cuts high gold grades at Lobo (May 26, 2003)
Vancouver The initial results from an on going drill program by Edmonton-based Mindoro Resources (MIO-V) have con…
Samira Hill funding in place (May 26, 2003)
A group of lenders led by the African Development Bank (ADB), and including Semafo (SMF-T), has approved a US$27-mi…
International Curator extends Royal County bid
International Curator Resources (IC-T) has extended for a second time its takeover offer Royal County Minerals (RMI…
Geomaque cuts high grade at Tasiast
Some 20,000 metres of reverse-circulation infill drilling have allowed Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) to revise its estimate of the resource at the Tasiast gold project in Mauritania, West Africa.The i…
Drybones Bay kimberlite yields stones
A kimberlite discovery in the Drybones Bay area, southwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T., has proved diamondiferous.New Shoshoni Ventures (NSV-V) found the DB-2 body during a winter drilling campaign designe…
Lakota, Gold Fields strike deal
South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N) has taken an option on the land package recently consolidated by Lakota Resources (YLA-V) in the Lake Victoria gold district of Tanzania.Under the terms …
AngloGold eyes top spot with Ashanti takeover
Looking to regain top spot among global gold producers, South Africa’s AngloGold (AU-N) has entered talks aimed at achieving a merger with Ghana-based Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N).The talks are centred …
BC promotes mineral investment
The government of British Columbia will spend $1.2 million over two years to fund a geoscience program designed to stimulate mineral exploration.The Rocks to Riches program will be managed by the Brit…
Fortune drilling cuts high gold grades (May 26, 2003)
Infill drilling by Fortune Minerals (FT-T) on the Nico polymetallic deposit, 160 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T., has intersected high gold grades.Fortune, which has a 35-hole program under way to…