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Diamondex budgets $2.5m for exploration

Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) has added to its holdings in the Coronation Gulf district in Nunavut by staking 202 sq. km in an area southwest of the Anuri kimberlite discoveriesThe company will spend $6…


Candente ups interests in Peru (March 04, 2002)

Vancouver — Candente Resource (DNT-V) has acquired the remaining 50% interest it does not already own in three Peruvian gold projects: Lunahuana, El Tigre and Las Sorpresas.The Joanne Freeze-led juni…


Western Copper drills Penasquito

Having raised enough funds in a private placement, Western Copper Holdings (WTC-T) is preparing to launch a drilling program at its Penasquito lead-zinc-silver property near Zacetecas, Mexico.Covering…



LME Warehouse Levels (March 04, 2002)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 26 (change from Feb. 19 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium920500(+2…



Producer and Dealer Prices (March 04, 2002)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,125/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.25/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.60-7.20/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$0.7015/lb.Indium: Ind…


Producers rise with yellow metal

Despite little substantive news from the bullion markets over the report period ended Feb. 25, gold prices still managed to stage a significant rally and closed up $5 to just under US$300 per oz.The U…



The silver (left), gold and bronze medals made for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Each medal consists of metals mined from the Kennecott Utah Copper mine in Salt Lake Valley.

Kennecott provides metals for medals

The mining community shared in the glory at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, last month. That’s because the medals distributed were made of metals from the Kennecott Utah Copper …


Angola’s legacy of unrest

“The first man to be killed in Portuguese Africa nearly fell into my beer today . . .” Thus wrote foreign correspondent Donald Wise from Luanda in the early 1970s. The event — a dissident thrown out …


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