That Old Economy feeling
A funny little application on the Internet lets you roll your cursor arrow over a graph; as you do that, four caricature figures, meant to be economists, follow your every move.The point of the joke i…
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Daily Metal Prices (November 17, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 11Nov. 10Nov. 7Nov. 6Nov. 5Nov. 4Al Alloy…
TSE slides as precious metals fly
Except for the last day, buyers outpaced sellers over the Nov. 5-11 report period, but not enough to overcome last minute profit-taking. The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index finished the period …
Western markets coast on previous gains
The venture markets took a breather during the report period Nov. 5-11, with the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index rising a modest 11.13 points to finish at 1,602.48.Probe Mines made the bigges…
Miners stage retreat
After running up in mid-week action, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the Nov. 5-11 report period 83.04 points lower at 9,737.79, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index shed 5.24 points to make …
Mustang expands Bannockburn showing (November 14, 2003)
Continued chip and grab sampling by Mustang Minerals (MUM-V) have returned more high-grade nickel values from the B…
Trading Summary (November 14, 2003)
With gold testing the US$400-an-oz. marker, Toronto’s gold index rose 2.6 points to 218.2 on Friday. The yellow met…
Appeal court upholds Troilus award
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Homestake Canada, a subsidiary of Barrick Gold (ABX…
Etruscan samples Malian anomaly
Nova Scotia-based Etruscan Resources (EET-T) has begun a program of soil and auger drilling over a regional gold-in…
Silver zone found at La Pitarrilla (November 14, 2003)
Preliminary drilling by Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has intersected a new silver zone at the Pitarrilla proje…
Mineralized breccia hit at Thorn (November 14, 2003)
Vancouver Systematic exploration over the Thorn property by partners Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) and Cangold (CLD-V)…
Trading Summary (November 13, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index gave back yesterday’s gains, losing 29.71 points to finish at 7,767.62.