Geomaque and St Barbara offer Defiance
Toronto-based junior Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) plans to merge with St Barbara Mines of Perth, Australia, to create an international gold mining company.The combined company would be called Defianc…
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Producer and Dealer Prices (January 20, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,470/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.85/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.60/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$7.00-7.60/lb.Copper: Comex Mar US$0.76/lb.Indium: Indium…
Northern Miner Indices (January 20, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T19.5%CamecoCCO-T3.1%FalconbridgeFL-T4.0%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.7%Glamis GoldGLG-T3.3%GoldcorpG-T5.4%IncoN-T9.0%Meridian GoldMNG-T…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (January 20, 2003)
DateJan. 14Jan. 13Jan. 10Jan. 9Jan. 18HighLowTSX Compos…
Masuparia drills Greywacke
Vancouver — Masuparia Gold (MPG-V) is considering developing a small open-pit gold mine on the Greywacke Lake property northeast of La Ronge, Sask.The announcement is based on results from a series o…
Canada’s junior exchange chases bull
Vancouver — The TSX Venture Exchange continued its bull run over the week ended Jan. 15. The S&P composite index closed up 15.2 points, or 1.38% of its value, to 1,110.57.Oasis Diamond Exploration tr…
Markets top out
U.S. equity markets were broadly better as investors digested the big gains that followed the new year. In the report period Jan. 8-14, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 102.03 points to 8,842.62,…
Greek gov’t suspends work at TVX’s Stratoni
Mining has been suspended again in parts of TVX Gold’s (TVX-T) Stratoni silver-lead-zinc operation, 65 km east of the Greek port of Thessaloniki.The Greek Ministry of Development told the company the …
Wheaton River gains Aussie, Argentine assets
Vancouver — In a deal that more than doubles its production, Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has agreed to buy Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N) Peak gold mine in Australia along with the major’s 25% stake in Argen…
Rosy forecast for base Metal Prices
Despite prevailing macro uncertainties we are expecting a substantial improvement in base metal prices this year.The risk remains that economic growth will continue to disappoint and that a second rec…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JANUARY 8-14
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeSouth Am Gld&CT411310.130.080.10+0.03…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, JANUARY 8-14
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT1366224.6523.1023.12-0.83…