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CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (March 31, 2008)
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INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (March 31, 2008)
Australia (A$) March 24 March 17 Change Bendigo Mining 0.31 0.32 -0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.48 1.61 -0.13 Kingsgate Cons. 4.29 4.00 0.29 Lion Selection Ltd 1.57 1.32 0.25 Newcrest Mining…
Gold potential grows at Oromin’s Sabodala
VANCOUVER — A rapid-fire drill campaign at Oromin Explorations’ (OLE-V, OLEPF-O) Sabodala project in Senegal continues to produce well-mineralized gold intercepts in advance of a resource estimate du…
Great Panther grows Mapimi
VANCOUVER — Despite being busy running four mines, Great Panther Resources (GPR-T, GPRLF-O) still found time to boost the resources at its Mapimi silver-lead-zinc property in northeastern Durango sta…
Redhawk finds deep breccia at Copper Creek (March 31, 2008)
VANCOUVER–Exploration drilling is returning long, strong intercepts for Redhawk Resources (RDK-V, RHWKF-O) as the company steps out from the five defined zones at its Copper Creek project to probe a …
Aquiline up on Navidad results (March 31, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Aquiline Resources (AQI-T, AQLNF-O) continues to expand its Navidad silver deposit in Chubut province, Argentina.
Los Azules copper project shows depth for Minera Andes
VANCOUVER — The first hole from the summer drill program at the Los Azules copper porphyry project in Argentina returned a long mineralized intercept for Minera Andes (MAI-T, MNEAF-O) and joint-ventu…
ValGold’s Los Patos has room to grow
Although the initial resource estimate for ValGold Resources’ (VAL-V, VALGF-O) Los Patos gold deposit in Venezuela is on the small side, the company points out that it is open along strike and at dept…
2007: A record year for mining mergers
VANCOUVER — Mining industry mergers and acquisitions soared to record levels in 2007, fuelled by a new corporate philosophy of “eat or be eaten,” plus an effort to stay competitive in the growing glo…