E3 to be free of charge
Beginning in March 2004, the E3 Environmental Excellence in Exploration program will be available on the Internet free of charge.The program was launched by the Prospectors & Developers Association of…
2003
LME Warehouse Levels (November 24, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 17 (change from Nov. 10 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1384225(+1…
Golds rebound on mixed week
The major bourses south of the border picked up where they left off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the Nov. 12-18 period off 224.67 points at 9624.16, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index dr…
People (November 24, 2003)
Alliance Resource — Brian Cantrell appointed VP and CFO.Desert Sun — Peter Tagliamonti appointed VP and COO.European Goldfields — Eduardo Baer appointed president and executive directo…
Partners test Trinidad South (November 24, 2003)
Globestar Mining (GMI-V) has launched a 2,000-metre drill program over the 3-sq.-km Trinidad South gold-in-soil anomaly on the Bayaguana gold project in the Dominican Republic.Globestar believes Trini…
Shahuindo suit heads to Lima (November 24, 2003)
Ruling that a lower court judge is legally incompetent, the Supreme Court of Peru has voided a previous decision favouring the plaintiff in a legal battle over the Shahuindo gold property.The Supreme …
Partners advance Tulawaka gold project
Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has granted partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Northern Mining Explorations (MDN-T) a special mining licence for the commercial development of the Ea…
Fortune expands zone at Nico (November 24, 2003)
A 13-hole drilling program by Fortune Minerals (FT-T) at the Nico polymetallic deposit in the western Northwest Territories has expanded the known mineralization in the deposit’s West Pit area.The new…
Caledon finds wide zones on surface at Gaolong (November 24, 2003)
Surface sampling at the Gaolong gold deposit in Guanxi province, China, by London-listed explorer Caledon Resources (CDN-L), has shown extensive widths of silicified and brecciated limestone carrying …
Bullion drives junior exchange
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange moved higher as bullion flirted with the US$400-per-oz. mark over the week ended Nov. 18. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index tacked on 31.90 points, or …
McWatters limps to another quarterly loss
Troubled Quebec miner McWatters Mining (MWA-T) limped to a net loss of $5.9 million for the three months ended Sept. 30.The loss translates into a penny per share, and compares with a year-earlier los…
Eastmain shares soar on GoldCorp alliance (November 24, 2003)
Eastmain Resources (ER-T) has partnered with mid-tier producer Goldcorp (G-T) to acquire, explore and develop gold deposits in Quebec.Goldcorp recently subscribed to a private placement of 2 million E…