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Cash Minerals — William Clarke appointed president and CEO; Stephen Woodhead appointed director and CFO; Peter Rowlandson appointed director; Tony Wonnacott appointed director and corporate secretary.

Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) continues to hit significant nickel-, copper- and platinum-group-element-bearing sulphide mineralization at its Expo-Ungava property in northern Quebec.

Following induced-polarization surveys at its Macleod Lake property in north-central Quebec, Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V) plans to drill eight chargeability anomalies.

Vancouver — WGI Heavy Minerals (WG-T) sustained only minimal damage following the devastating tsunami that claimed an unprecedented number of lives in coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, particularly South Asia.

U.S. stock markets fell over the period Dec. 29-Jan. 4. The S&P 500 index was down 25 points, or 2%, to close at 1,188.05 points, whereas the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2%, or 223.76 points, to close at 10,630.78 points. The price of go…

The Toronto Stock Exchange ended 2004 on a sour note, dropping 17.75 points to end at 9,246.65 on Dec. 31. Still, that’s 1,025.8 points, or 12.5%, better than at the end of 2003. The holiday-shortened Dec. 29-to-Jan. 4 report period saw the TSX co…

Althouth the first few trading days of 2005 saw a slump in precious metals prices, juniors on the TSX Venture Exchange enjoyed a year-end rally.