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Mining equities fall to earth

The mining sector took a beating over the report period Oct. 13-19, even as the broader market settled only slightly. The TSX composite index fell 65.33 points to 8,720.53.



Migoro resource tops 1m oz. gold

Vancouver — The Migoro gold deposit in southwestern Kenya contains about 1.2 million oz., or 65% more than previously thought, according to an independent estimate.


At the lonore gold project in the James Bay Lowlands: (From left) Jean-Franois Ouellette, president of Services Techniques Gonordique (STG); Franois Huot, a consultant with Go-conseils; Virginia Gold Mines Geologist Melanie Tremblay; Virginia's vice-president, Paul Archer; Alain Cayer-Projet, a geologist with STG; and Michel Chapdelaine, Virginia's senior supervising geologist.

Virginia improves Roberto

Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) has intersected significant gold at its lonore property, 320 km north of Matagami in the Opineca reservoir area of Quebec’s James Bay region.



Laurentian to offer natural resources PhD

Beginning in January 2005, Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., will offer students a doctorate degree in natural resources, with three fields of specialization: mining engineering; process engineering; and robotics, automation and advanced tec…



BHP active in Manitoba

BHP Billiton Diamonds, a unit of BHP Billiton (BHP-N), plans to drill geophysical anomalies on the Stephens Lake nickel project, 100 km east of Gillam, Man.




StrataGold expands in Yukon

Vancouver — StrataGold (SGV-V) has struck a deal to acquire Sterlite Gold’s (SGD-T) interest in the Dublin Gulch a…



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