Almaden, BHP Billiton kick-start JV
Junior Almaden Minerals (AMM-T) has staked two gold properties in Mexico’s southern state of Oxaca as part of a joint venture with BHP Billiton (BHP-N).Under terms of the deal, inked a year ago, each …
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Silver Standard drills Bowdens
Vancouver — Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) is encouraged by further results from infill drilling at its wholly owned Bowdens project, in New South Wales, Australia.The results are part of a recent…
Trading Summary (May 23, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange closed marginally higher on Friday, with the TSX Composite index up 3.56 points to 6,782…
Breakwater adds a year’s reserve at Langlois
An infill drilling program by Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) has upped reserves at the Langlois base metal mine in no…
LionOre posts a solid quarter
Vancouver The first quarter of 2003 proved to be a good one for LionOre Mining International (LIM-T).The nick…
AngloGold sells Amapari to Eike Batista (May 23, 2003)
AngloGold (AU-N) will sell its wholly-owned Amapari gold project in northeastern Brazil’s Amapa state to Eike Batis…
Yandal derivatives timebomb keeps ticking
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has revealed that on May 21, its wholly owned Australian subsidiary Newmont Yandal received…
Trading Summary (May 22, 2003)
World stock markets mainly advanced strongly on Thursday, and the Toronto exchange was no exception. The TSX Compos…
Pan deposit gets a boost
Vancouver — A new resource estimate indicates that Castleworth Venture’s (WTH-V) Pan gold deposit in Nevada holds…
Drilling confirms copper-gold at Afton (May 22, 2003)
Vancouver — DRC Resources (DRC-T) has tabled more results from an ongoing infill drill program at its Afton copper…
BHP Billiton settles with ex-CEO Gilbertson
Not bad for half a year’s work: after serving only six months as CEO of BHP Billiton (BHP-N) before quitting, Brian…
AMF raises $1.8 million (May 22, 2003)
London-based America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) has completed a private placement of 4 million units priced at 45 each…