Inmet okays BHP-Billiton withdrawal from Ok Tedi
Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has approved a heads of agreement with BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and the government of Papua New Gu…
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Platinum hits 2-year low
Vancouver – Investor concern over weak demand for autocatalysts, electronics and jewellery sent the price of platin…
Trading Summary (October 02, 2001)
A half-point cut to interest rates by the U.S. Federal Reserve had a limited effect on the major North American mar…
Novagold extends Acma
Vancouver — The latest drill results from the Acma target on the 13-million-oz. Donlin Creek gold deposit in south…
CZZ cuts new PGMs at Phoenix
Drilling beneath a collection of rusty sulphide-bearing boulders in the TK area along the north edge of an ultramaf…
Cukurdere Main zone tested
The latest batch of reverse-circulation holes drilled by partners Anatolia Minerals Development (YMC.U-V) and Rio T…
Summitville clean-up costs soar
Vancouver — In 1870 when James Wightman made the first placer gold discovery in the Summitville district of Colora…
Canyon ups ante at Briggs
Vancouver — Colorado-based Canyon Resources (CAU-A) has inked a deal with Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) to pick up t…
Junior strengthens palladium portfolio
Junior Platinum Group Metals (PTG-V) is gearing up for a preliminary exploration program at the Stucco palladium pr…
Maude Lake granted cash for Comtois
Montreal-based Maude Lake Exploration’s (MAU-V) has received a grant of $340,000 from the Quebec Department of Natu…
Trading Summary (October 01, 2001)
Profit taking sent the Toronto Stock Exchange down 39.56 points to 6,799 in thin trading on Monday. Jittery investo…
First Quantum starts up Lonshi copper project
With a mining licence now in hand, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has begun to work the Lonshi copper oxide deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Resources in the near-surface deposit are pegged …