Wheaton River cashes-up
Looking to continue its recent shopping spree, Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has arranged its second $100-million equity financing in a month by lining up a group of underwriters led by Griffiths McB…
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Ivanhoe hits high grade at depth
Vancouver — The latest drill results from the Turquoise Hill copper-gold project have enhanced the prospects of mining the massive orebody that lies deep underneath the South Gobi Desert in Mongolia….
Time to put pressure on Cuba To lift the smokescreen
A dozen years since the Iron Curtain parted, the divide between the civilized world and Cuba — let’s call it the Smokescreen — remains in place. But we know that what lies behind it is an affront to…
Northern Miner Indices (September 29, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrick GoldABX-T19.4%CamecoCCO-T3.6%FalconbridgeFL-T4.7%Freeport McM BFCX-N7.1%GoldcorpG-T4.4%IncoN-T7.8%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont Minin…
Canadian Zinc puts Prairie Creek on fast track (September 29, 2003)
Vancouver — Authorities have given Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) the approval to proceed with underground development and construction of a metallurgical pilot plant at the Prairie Creek base metal project i…
Diavik powers Aber’s earnings
As the newly constructed Diavik diamond mine continues to ramp-up, Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) sold US$19.2 million worth of rough gems over the 6-month period ended July 31, 2003, resulting in net earnings …
Daily Metal Prices (September 29, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateSept. 23Sept. 22Sept. 19Sept. 18Sept. 17Al Alloy140…
Relieved of debt, Anaconda moults
Having shed its debt related to wholly owned subsidiary Murrin Murrin, Aussie nickel-laterite miner Anaconda Nickel will ask shareholders to approve a 1-for-15-share consolidation and name-change to M…
Ashanti proves up Youga
Drilling by Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) on the A2 Main deposit at the Youga project in Burkina Faso, West Africa, has returned some encouraging intersections.Highlights are as follows:– Hole 10 — 37….
Far West banks on Chilean results
Proceeds from a private placement are enabling Far West Mining (FWM-V) to resume its search for iron-oxide copper-gold deposits in the prospective Candelaria belt of northern Chile.In late July, Far W…
LME Warehouse Levels (September 29, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 23 (change from Sept. 16 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1362550(…
Malartic Sud drilling delivers goods at Croinor (September 29, 2003)
An 81-hole drilling program by South-Malartic Exploration (MSU-V) is expanding the known mineralization at the Croinor gold deposit in northwestern Quebec.Drilling over a 680-metre strike length surro…