River raises $5.5 million for shaft-sinking
River Gold Mines (RIV-T) has completed a fully subscribed rights offering of 5.2 million units at $1.05 each for gr…
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Trading Summary (September 18, 2001)
The U.S. markets suffered across-the-board losses again on Tuesday, though not as steep as those on Monday. The Dow…
Delta Gold, Goldfields to merge
Delta Gold, Goldfields to merge Gold miners Delta Gold and Goldfields are poised to become the latest participa…
Afton extended at depth (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — A drill program by DRC Resources (DRC-V) has cut significant mineralization some 3,000 ft. below surfa…
Radius tables Bridge results
Vancouver — The latest drill results from the Tambor gold property in Guatemala continue to return only low-grade…
Tritton takes another blow (September 17, 2001)
Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has decided not to continue work at Nord Pacific’s (NPF-T) Tritton copper project in New South…
Comsur eyes Don Mario (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — The long and winding road to development of the Don Mario gold-silver-copper project may be on its fin…
Lonmin to join Muskox PGM hunt
Muskox Minerals (MSK-V) has signed a memorandum of understanding with British-based platinum producer Lonmin to for…
Legal battle hurts Iamgold
Vancouver — With a 40% stake in two of the lowest-cost gold mines in the world and the price of the yellow metal s…
Trading Summary (September 17, 2001)
As expected, the major U.S. markets suffered significant losses on Monday, their first day of trading since before…
Franco to control Echo Bay in debt deal
A proposal by Echo Bay Mines (ECO-T) to convert a large debt into common shares would hand effective control of the company to Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T), and put a large block of shares into the han…
Drilling at Sastre fails to return higher-grade values
Investors bailed out of Radius Explorations (RDU-V) ahead of drill results from the Tambor gold property in central Guatemala, driving the stock to a 52-week low of 45.The junior tabled disappointing…