Silver Standard drills Bowdens
Vancouver — Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) is encouraged by further results from infill drilling at its wholly owned Bowdens project, in New South Wales, Australia.The results are part of a recent…
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Geomaque cuts high grade at Tasiast
Some 20,000 metres of reverse-circulation infill drilling have allowed Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) to revise its estimate of the resource at the Tasiast gold project in Mauritania, West Africa.The i…
Miramar expands Suluk zone at Hope Bay
Vancouver — The latest results have prompted Miramar Mining (MAE-T) to drill an additional 8,200 metres in the Madrid area on the Hope Bay gold property in Nunavut.President Anthony Walsh says the Su…
Junior market continues to climb
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange gained some steam during the week ended May 20. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index tacked on 10.56 points, or 0.96% of its value, to close at 1,078.96.S…
Broad market crawls ahead, gold rallies
The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index began the holiday-shortened May 26-June 1 report period on an uptick, then moved sideways. By the period’s end, it had risen 29.2 points to settle at 6,732.1…
Iamgold earnings bolstered by acquisitions
First-quarter earnings at Iamgold (IMG-T) rose year-over-year in 2003, partly as a result of higher gold prices and partly because production from the Tarkwa and Damang mines in Ghana is now part of I…
McWatters raises more cash (May 26, 2003)
The underwriters of a public equity offering have exercised an over-allotment option, netting McWatters Mining (MWA-T) another $639,200 in proceeds.In early April, McWatters issued 136.2 million treas…
Northern Empire and Stornoway will tie knot
In the wake BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) decision to buy a minority stake in the Melville Peninsula diamond play in Nunavut, Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) and Stornoway Ventures (SWV-V) have agree…
Lakota, Gold Fields strike deal
South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N) has taken an option on the land package recently consolidated by Lakota Resources (YLA-V) in the Lake Victoria gold district of Tanzania.Under the terms …
Daily Metal Prices (May 26, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMay 20May 19May 16May 15May 14Al Alloy1385/1380…
BC promotes mineral investment
The government of British Columbia will spend $1.2 million over two years to fund a geoscience program designed to stimulate mineral exploration.The Rocks to Riches program will be managed by the Brit…
New zone at Penasquito
Vancouver — Western Silver (WTC-T), formerly Western Copper, has discovered a new polymetallic zone on its wholly owned Penasquito property in Zacatecas state, Mexico.The zone, known as La Palma, is …