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News December 6, 2004

Daily Metal Prices (December 06, 2004)

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…

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Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (December 06, 2004)

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News December 6, 2004

Golden wave cause commodities to rise

Continued exuberance in the metals market enabled the junior-mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index to close at 1754.39, up an impressive 3.2%, or almost 54 points, during the period Nov. 24-30. Average daily volume over the wee…

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Platinum market steady

Platinum demand will grow by less than 1% and the platinum market will be close to balanced in 2004, according to Johnson Matthey’s Platinum 2004 Interim Review.

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Winning the metals

The following is an excerpt from the ninth edition of Mining Explained, published by The Northern Miner.

Auctioneer Beth Colle takes bids on a selection from the Toller Cranston Gallery in Toronto. The painting fetched $850.

News December 6, 2004

Benefit raises funds for hospital

The second annual Mining for a Heart of Gold fundraiser brought in $35,000 for the Hamilton, Ont.-based St. Peter’s Hospital at Chedoke, a facility that helps young adults with disabilities.

Pierre Lassonde pictured in 1992 as president of Franco-Nevada Mining.

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Lassonde wins Gold Medal

Newmont Mining President Pierre Lassonde added a couple of ounces to his reserves when he was presented with the Gold Medal by the Ontario Professional Engineers at a ceremony in Toronto.

A fly drill turns on the P1 conductor at the Espedalen nickel project in Norway. Falconbridge is drilling Espeladen, and Blackstone Ventures is earning an interest.

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Falco, Blackstone eye discovery zone at Espedalen

Vancouver — Falconbridge (FL-T) is keen to resume drill-testing the Stormyra high-grade nickel discovery on the Espedalen property in Norway.

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Ivanhoe grows Hugo North (December 06, 2004)

The latest batch of results from step-out drilling on the Hugo North deposit has yielded the best-ever copper-gold intersection for Ivanhoe Mines‘ (IVN-T) Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia.

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Manhattan exits Peru

Vancouver — Having had its fill of difficulties in Peru, Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is saying adios and selling its portfolio of mineral projects in the country.

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