Nevada Pacific grabs Limousine Butte
Vancouver Junior Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has reacquired sole ownership of the Limousine Butte project in Neva…
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Soquem inks deal with Quinto
Vancouver — Quinto Technology (QU-V) has signed an agreement with provincially owned Soquem, to establish two 50/5…
Crystallex tallies Las Cristinas reserves (April 07, 2003)
Vancouver — Crystallex International (KRY-T) has tabled a new reserve estimate for the long-stalled Las Cristinas gold project in southeastern Venezuela.An independent study by Reno, Nev.-based Mine …
Newmont sees profits surge in 2002 (April 07, 2003)
Newmont Mining (NEW-N) improved its bottom line dramatically in 2002, thanks to rising gold prices and the inclusion of revenues gained though its February 2002 merger with Normandy Mining and Franco-…
Gossan drills Bird River (April 07, 2003)
Gossan Resources (GSS-V) has embarked on a 1,250-metre diamond drilling program on the Bird River sill complex in southeastern Manitoba.Work is focused on the Chrome Extension and Peterson blocks. The…
Inmet ups reserve at Troilus (April 07, 2003)
Additional drilling and re-assessment of the operating conditions at the Troilus gold mine in north-central Quebec have extended the life of the mine a further four years, says owner Inmet Mining (IMN…
LaRonde rockfall crimps output
The perils of being a one-mine company: Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) reports that a 30,000-ton rock fall has occurred in two production stopes at its LaRonde gold operation in Quebec.The fall occurred a…
Most Montanans don’t support I-137: poll
Fifty-eight per cent of Montana voters would support efforts to modify or overturn I-137, the law passed in 1998 that bans the use of cyanide in open-pit gold and silver mining, according to a poll fi…
Placer cuts hedge book (April 07, 2003)
Vancouver — North America’s third-largest gold company reduced its hedging program by 1.1 million oz. in the first quarter of 2003.Placer Dome (PDG-T) converted 920,000 oz., which were committed unde…
Bright outlook for lithium: report
Demand for lithium metals and chemicals is expected to reach 11,250 tonnes in 2006, according to a report by London-based Roskill Information Services. That’s the equivalent of 60,000 tonnes of lithiu…
Rio Tinto buys data system
London-based Rio Tinto is using data access protocol (DAP) technology as a way of managing exploration data.The technology, provided by Toronto-based Geosoft, allows users to transfer large amounts of…
Spot Prices Wednesday April 2, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$330.25+0.65Silver$4.40+0.02Platinum$640.00-4.00P…