METAL PRICES (October 04, 1999)
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — VSE juniors ride golden wave
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index shot up 10.11 points, or 2.5%, during the week ended Sept. 28 to close at 416.90. The mining index soared 23.42 points, or 8.6%, to finish the week at 294….
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Yellow metal stages dramatic comeback
Finally the dog had its day. After a long, lean summer trading below US$260 per oz., gold prices broke out in spectacular fashion during the Sept. 22-28 report period, soaring above US$300 and even br…
Kinross, United Tex-Sol hit high grade in Timmins (October 04, 1999)
Operator Kinross Gold (K-T) and partner United Tex-Sol Mines (UTX-A) have intersected high-grade gold mineralization at the Clavos project in Timmins, Ont.In addition to intersecting 94.6 grams gold p…
Meetings (October 04, 1999)
Oct 4 Raider Oct 5 American Gem Oct 5 Rex Diamond Oct 5 Sunstate Oct 5 Timpete Oct 6 Banks Ventures Oct 6 Clearview Oct 6 Tapestry Oct 7 Mighty Beaut Oct 7 United States Expl. Oct 8 Big Valley Oct 12 …
NAME CHANGE (October 04, 1999)
Patricia Mines (PAT-V) has changed its name to Patricia Mining (PAT-V) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.
Third-party bid foils Asarco-Cyprus merger — Grupo Mexico offers to buy up Asarco shares
The bid by Asarco (AR-N) and Cyprus Amax Minerals (CYM-N) to create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company is being challenged not only by Phelps Dodge (PD-N), in the form of a high…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Rio Tinto drills Aguila
London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has completed four holes totalling 1,242 metres on MacMillan Gold’s (MMG-T) Aguila Pit concession in north-central Peru. The program was designed to test an area where p…
Manhattan funds work at Tambo Grande
Having completed a first phase of exploration at the Tambo Grande polymetallic project in northern Peru, Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is gearing up for a second round of drilling.The company has entered…
Tiberon tests Ruby property
Calgary-based Tiberon Minerals (TBR-A) has intersected silver mineralization on its Ruby property in the southern Yukon.The 4-hole program tested the downdip extensions of high-grade silver mineraliza…
NEW HORIZONS — Silver replaces antibiotics
A combination of a new silver chloride solution with anti-microbial characteristics and inert metals is being used in the manufacture of catheters, internal feeding tubes, dental prostheses, sutures a…