Platinum Group Metals Ltd

Operator Phelps Dodge (PD-N) and joint-venture partner Silver Century Explorations (SVC-A) have resumed drilling at their Stoke and Ascot copper properties northeast of Sherbrooke, Que.The current exp…

Paleoplacer deposits consist of placer concentrations of minerals in which the host material is a consolidated rock (sediment comprising weathered detritus that was subsequently cemented together). Th…

the broad marketAs a wheezy Toronto Stock Exchange staggers to its 1997 finish line, the gold issues are showing signs of life, propelled by a modest recovery in the price of the yellow metal.That mut…

A drill program by Platexco (PGMI-C) at its Winnaarshoek property in South Africa’s Bushveld complex has returned numerous intercepts bearing platinum group metals (PGM).The 9-hole program was underta…

Russia’s Noril’sk Kombinat has secured a US$55-million loan from a Swiss-based bank to improve its operations.The first installment of the loan, which was provided by Union Bank of Switzerland, is US$…

Supplies of palladium in 1997 stand at 5.65 million oz., well short of the demand of 7.44 million oz., according to a report published by London-based metals trader Johnson Matthey.The study, entitled…

Steelpoort, South Africa — Emerging with a victory after years of legal wrangling with South African giant Anglo American, junior Platexco (PGMI-C) has begun an exploration campaign on the Winnaarsho…

Colorado-based Stillwater Mining (SWC-X) plans to drive an 18,500-ft.tunnel to provide exploration access to the J-M reef at its East Boulder project, 13 miles west of its namesake mine near Nye, Mont…

An exploration effort aimed at finding new sources of high-grade ore near existing mines in Ontario’s Sudbury camp has produced encouraging results for nickel giant Inco (N-T).Two new discoveries, bot…

Operator BHP Minerals reports that the Hartley platinum mine has made its first shipment of platinum group metals to Great Britain, where they will be refined by Johnson Matthey.The Zimbabwean mine is…

The Toronto Stock Exchange traded in a narrow range over the report period Aug. 27-Sept. 2, with its bellwether index finishing not far from where it started. The TSE 300 composite index closed Sept. …

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s hot streak continued in the report period July 30-Aug. 5, with the TSE 300 composite index rising 101.91 points (1.5%) to a record high close of 6,903.08 on Aug. 5. Tradin…