Silver Standard sets sights on Maverick Springs
Vancouver — Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) is looking to form a joint-venture deal with Colorado-based Vista Gold (VGZ-T) to acquire all the silver resources hosted in the Maverick Springs gold-si…
2002
Damang gives Repadre earnings boost
With a share in production from the Damang gold mine in Ghana now part of its portfolio, Repadre Capital (RPD-T) has posted earnings of $4.1 million (or 10 per share) on revenue of $5.9 million in th…
Canadian Royalties tags hot holes at Expo-Ungava
Vancouver — Drill results reported by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) continue to indicate the economic potential of the Expo-Ungava nickel-copper-platinum-palladium project in northern Quebec.”We’re exci…
Kennecott ups diamond search at Rockinghorse
While Tahera (TAH-T) awaits details of next year’s budget for the Rockinghorse project in the Coronation Gulf diamond district of Nunavut, its joint-venture partner, Kennecott Canada Exploration, is c…
Lending Rates (November 18, 2002)
as of 4 pm ET, Nov. 12, 2002(%)Bank of Canada3.00Canadian Prime4.50U.S. Discount0.75U.S. Prime4.25LIBOR US$ 3-month1.40LIBOR US$ 6-month1.40LIBOR US$ 1-year1.54Gold lease 3-month0.35Gold leas…
Harmony grabs Jipangu’s High River stake
Harmony Gold Mining (HGMCY-Q), South Africa’s third-largest producer of the yellow metal, has agreed to acquire more than 17 million shares of Toronto-based High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) from Jipangu,…
Nevada Star tables results from MAN
Vancouver — Nevada Star Resource (NEV-V) reports encouraging results from surface sampling at its MAN nickel/copper/platinum-group-element project in Alaska.The project comprises both a 311-sq.-km pr…
Diavik helps skills program
Diavik Diamond Mines has donated $10,000 to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut chapter of Skills Canada in an effort to help fund programs providing courses in trades and technology.Skills Canada r…
Platinum in high demand
Demand for platinum is forecast to climb by 2.9% to 6.4 million oz. in 2002, according to an interim review of platinum-group-metal markets published by London-based Johnson Matthey.Chinese purchases …
Fording adds cash to fight hostile Sherritt bid
Bolstering its defence against a $1.6-billion takeover bid by the Sherritt Coal Partnership II, Fording (FDG-T) has announced plans to offer shareholders a $3-per-share cash bonus as part of its propo…
Grasberg delivers the goods in third quarter
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) is bouncing back from a disappointing first half, thanks to strong operating performance at the massive Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia.The improvement re…
Edgar Pye
Edgar Pye, who formed the Ontario Geological Survey in 1972, has died.A geology graduate of the University of Toronto, Pye began his career in 1948, mapping iron formations in Ashmore and Errington tw…