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Wheaton concludes Los Filos acquisition

Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has taken full control of the Los Filos gold project in Mexico’s Guerrero state, putting it on-track to increase annual gold-equivalent production by 40%.In late October…


Barrick rumbles as gold tumbles

Gold took a pounding over the Oct. 29-Nov. 4 report period, withering US$8.25 in overseas trading to settle at London morning fix of US$378.30 per oz. Silver also got smacked, losing US22 to finish a…


Analysts examine core from the Boston deposit during a visit in 2000.

Boston deep drilling cuts gold

A deep drilling campaign at the Boston gold deposit of Miramar Mining (MAE-T) has shown that gold mineralization may persist to a depth of almost 1,400 metres.Two drill holes completed in late summer …


PNWC finds more PGMs at Varley zone

Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has intersected a significant zone of mineralization at its River Valley property, near Sudbury, Ont.The mineralization is centred on the Varley zone, 3…


SpectrumGold looks to Galore Creek

Vancouver — The first four holes of a recently completed 3,000-metre drill program on the historic Galore Creek copper gold property in northwestern British Columbia have given a boost to newly minte…


Record iron output

Global production of iron in 2002 exceeded 1 billion tonnes, a record high, as output of crude steel surpassed 900 million tonnes, according to a report by London-based Roskill Information Services.Th…


McWatters sells Kiena gold operation

Looking for cash to help in its bid to revitalize the struggling Sigma-Lamaque open-pit gold mine, McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has agreed to sell its nearby Kiena mine complex on Parker Island, west of V…


Partners advance Taparko gold project

A feasibility study considering the combination of the Taparko and Bouroum gold deposits in Burkina Faso, West Africa, envisages total average production of 91,000 oz. per year over 7.5 years.Taparko …


Big miners make big gains

It was a generally good trading period in the U.S. equity markets, with the major indices up modestly but the mining stocks generally strong. The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 90.52 points to…



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