Weaker gold price puts chill in eastern markets
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s Composite Index managed to gain 105.22 points, or 1.6% of its value, to end the Aug. 14-20 report period at 6,655.29 points. The brunt of the work was done during the last…
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Junior exchange sings summertime blues (August 26, 2002)
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued to slide into bear territory over the week ended Aug 20. The TSX Venture Exchange composite index lost 23.55 points, or 2.3% of its value, to close at 1…
Supreme court dismisses Westray suit
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the merits of a multimillion-dollar civil action against the government of Nova Scotia by representatives of families of workers killed in the Westray c…
Jack Botsford
Jack Botsford, former vice-president and general manager of Gunnar Mining, has died. He was 90.Botsford was born in 1911 and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1933 with a bachelor of applied…
Market Summary
The golds and base metals stocks on Canada’s major bourse ended the trading week by posting big losses. The gold in…
Novicourt takes a loss
Noranda’s (NRD-T) base metal subsidiary Novicourt (NOV-T) continues to suffer the ills of low copper and zinc price…
Drill turns at Kikerk Lake
Vancouver — Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and its joint-venture partners, Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) and C…
Akrokeri-Ashanti continues to bleed
With the new Knelson concentrators and cyclone recovery equipment still not on line, Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (Y…
Temex drills Juby
Temex Resources (YTM-V) has completed an initial 4-hole, 698-metre drill program on the Juby gold project, 22 km we…
Trading Summary (August 22, 2002)
The golds and base metals stocks recovered from lower openings to put in decent gains on the Toronto Stock Exchange…
Sulliden kicks Shahuindo’s tires
With $150,000 in hand from a recent private placement and looking for some cash flow, Montreal-based Sulliden Explo…
Audit confirms Dolores resource
Vancouver – An independent resource audit has confirmed Minefinders’ (MFL-T) estimates for the Dolores project in M…