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Canarc proves up Benzdorp deposit

Drilling by Canarc Resource (CCM-T) has intersected significant gold on its Benzdorp property, 300 km southeast of Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. The drilling was focused on t…


Matamec pulls nickel at Vulcain

Drilling by Matamec Explorations (MAT-V) at the Vulcain prospect, 165 km southeast of Val d’Or, Que., has confirmed nickel mineralization in areas near the old Renzy Lake open-pit m…



Trucks unload copper ore into a crusher at the Cerro Verde mine in Peru.

Reward outweighs risk in Peru’s mining sector

Vancouver — Peru’s mineral potential is as attractive as ever, but newly imposed royalties and recent mine-site protests have created an undercurrent of political risk that appears to be softening th…


Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (April 11, 2005)

Date April 4 April 1 March 31 March 30 March 29 High Low
TSX Composite 9630.90 9638.63 9…




Spanish writedowns swamp Rio Narcea

A US$28.4-million writedown on the carrying value of the El Valle and Carles mines in Spain pushed owner Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) deep into the red in 2004….


The Pimenton camp, on a slope in the Chilean Andes.

Rio Tinto joins SAG&C at Pimenton

Vancouver — South American Gold & Copper (SAG-T) is thrilled with an agreement that will enable Rio Tinto (RTP-N) to test the porphyry copper potential of it…


A view of Apex Silver Mines' San Cristobal silver-zinc deposit in southwestern Bolivia.

Apex Silver develops giant at San Cristobal

Vancouver — Road construction and other infrastructure are progressing at the San Cristobal silver-zinc project in southwestern Bolivia and Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) expects the op…


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