Low palladium prices hamper Stillwater
Lower palladium prices have forced Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) to record a loss of US$1.6 million for the three months ended Sept. 30.The US2-per-share slump came on revenue of US$58.2 million and comp…
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SW Res. cuts more gold at Boka 7
Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has tabled encouraging assay results from drill holes collared north of the existing tunnels at the Boka 7 zone on the Boka gold project in China’s Yunnan p…
Dianor steps up diamond search in Ontario
Diamond junior Dianor Resources (DOR-V) has picked up an option to earn into Eastmain Resources’ (ER-T) Abitibi Extension project, north of Dianor’s Cluster project, near Kirkland Lake in northern Ont…
Linear takes on MIM projects (November 10, 2003)
Linear Resources (LRR-V) has closed its acquisition of Australian miner MIM’s Central American exploration projects, giving the Halifax-based explorer a presence in Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Re…
Aurelian aims drills at Condor
Vancouver — Aurelian Resources (ARU-V) has launched a 1,500-metre drill program at the Condor gold project in southeastern Ecuador.The junior is currently testing the vertical extent of mineralizatio…
Reporter ‘misinformed’
I am writing in response to your article on the activities of a junior exploration company in Guatemala (T.N.M., Oct. 17/03) in which you make several wild and unsubstantiated assertions regarding Exp…
Goldfields sees profits shrink
Vancouver — Gold Fields (GFI-N) posted a 40% drop in profits between the 3-month period ended Sept. 30 and the previous quarter.The world’s fourth-largest bullion producer earned US$61 million in the…
From cook to crazy
The following is the second of three excerpts from Quin Kola: Tom Payne’s Search for Gold. The book is published by Crossfield Publishing in Okotoks, Alta. Copies are available for $25 at CSPG.org or …
World Bank urged to axe development program Plenty of paradoxes
The Commodity Curse people are at it again, this time in pressuring the World Bank and its associated agencies — the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency…
bcMetals banks $5m for Red Chris project
Vancouver — In the midst of an aggressive drill campaign at the historic Red Chris copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia, bcMetals (C-V) has added $5.25 million to its coffers through …
Producer and Dealer Prices (November 10, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,100/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.05/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.65/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$10.90-13.00/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.9575/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$225/kg.Irid…
Pan Am Silver sells stake in Tres Cruces
Vancouver — Pan American Silver (PAA-T) has accelerated a deal to sell its half-stake in the Tres Cruces gold project in Peru.New Oroperu Resources (ORO-V) is acquiring the interest, which will give …