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The report period Dec. 15-21 saw the price of gold rise US$3.85 to close at US$440.95 per oz. in the afternoon of the 21st in London. The gold index rose 2.09 points, or 0.9%, to close at 211.20. The diversified metals and mining index was up 10.7…

U.S. stock markets were quiet during the report period Dec. 15-21, rising only slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.98 points to 10,759.43.

The Christmas holiday season is sending a chill through precious metals markets, which traded in a fairly narrow range over the Dec. 15-21 period. The TSX Venture Exchange index closed at 1,746.68, up 33.39 points or nearly 2% from the beginning o…

Antofagasta — Jean-Paul Luksic appointed chairman; Marcelo Awad appointed CEO of subsidiary Antofagasta Mining South America.

Vancouver — Drilling by Lumina Copper (LCC-T) has expanded the amount of copper mineralization at the Regalito project in Chile.