Gold price fortifies Placer’s quarter
Vancouver — Higher gold prices and lower cash costs propelled Placer Dome (PDG-T) to a healthy profit in the first quarter of 2002, despite an 8% drop in production.The major earned US$43 million (or…
2002
Bright Star targets platinum prospect
Vancouver — Bright Star Ventures (BSV-V) has outlined exploration targets on its 49-sq.-km Tulameen platinum project in the Cascade mountains of southwest British Columbia, about 26 km northwest of P…
Nickel flexes muscles
Base metals prices staged a technical rally that soon ran out of steam during the report period April 15-19. For the time being, price action in copper, gold and zinc appears to be taking place betwee…
Exploration continues at Kidd Creek
Texasgulf will undertake a major exploration program this year in the vicinity of its Kidd Creek mine in northern Ontario. This follows in the wake of its recent discovery of zinc-lead-silver minerali…
Barrick hits bull’s-eye at Alto Chicama in Peru
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) intends to quadruple exploration and development spending at the Alto Chicama property in north-central Peru to $20 million this year after finding a “significant gold discovery” …
Trading Summary (April 26, 2002)
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold stocks rose 261.49 points or 4.1% on the strength of a US$3.70-per-oz. gain by go…
Apex teams up with Western Copper in Mexico
Vancouver – Focusing on developing the large San Cristobal silver-zinc project in Bolivia, Denver-based Apex Silver…
More gold at Assean Lake
Vancouver — International Curator Resources (IC-T) has intersected a new gold zone at its Assean lake Property, ne…
Boliden hits the mark at Garpenberg
Boliden hits the mark at GarpenbergUnderground drilling by Swedish miner Boliden (BLS-T) in the Garpenberg area…
Andean’s pilot plant hits its stride
Just 12 months after beginning the project, Andean American Mining (AAG-V) has its Santa Rosa pilot plant in south…
BHP Billiton targets Ranch Lake
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has begun an exploration drilling program on Tahera’s (TAH-T) ICE claims 350 km north-northeas…
Trading Summary (April 25, 2002)
The golds were outpaced by only the oil sector on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday gaining 27.49 points to hi…