Ashton closes offering
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has raised $5.7 million through a rights offering.Approximately three-quarters of the net proceeds will be used to fund the company’s continuing exploration programs in…
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Geita pours first gold
It came three months early and weighed 6 kg.Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) and AngloGold (AU-N) are the proud parents of a gold bar — the first to be poured at the Geita mine, in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria…
Impala to buy Platexco for $191 million
The long wait for Platexco (PTX-T) shareholders is over.South African platinum-miner Impala Platinum Holdings has announced a cash offer to acquire all of Platexco’s 20.1 million fully diluted shares …
PolyMet inks deal with North in NSW
Cash-strapped PolyMet Mining (POM-V) has signed a letter-of-intent with Australia’s North Limited that would provide the capital and technical assistance necessary to advance the NorthMet polymetallic…
Nord Pacific buys Tritton
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Nord Pacific (NPF-T) has purchased the remaining half of the Tritton copper deposit in Australia it did not already own.Its partner, Australian-listed Straits Resources, receiv…
Aquest drilling Anabella
Armed with new geochemical data, junior Aquest Minerals (AQU-V) is ready to drill-test three gold-in-soil anomalies on the Anabella gold property in Guatemala.Covering an area measuring 1 km by 175 me…
Nickel’s high-tech potential
In a technological age that promises to miniaturize everything from motors to computer chips, nickel is expected to play an increasingly important role. The emerging field of micro-electro-mechanical …
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, June 7-13
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 15875 61.38 27.88 28.06 – 33.32…
Franco-Nevada, Gold Fields merger falls on deaf ears
Stronger showings by the utilities and high-tech sectors and a lessening of inflationary fears south of the border combined to push the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index 226.56 points higher during the…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, June 7-13
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 445495 61.38 27.88 28.06 – 33.32…
Producer and Dealer Prices (June 19, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,105/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.65/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.21/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$15.65-17.00/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.8015/lb.Indium: I…
Kimberlite discovered on Epworth property
Monopros, the Canadian exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), has discovered a kimberlite pipe on Rhonda Mining’s (RDM-V) wholly-owned Epworth property, 75 km south of Coronation Gu…