2004
Pine Valley gains funds for coal mine
Vancouver — A buoyant market for metallurgical coal is making it easy for Western Canadian coal companies to place new mines into production. The list includes the Willow Creek coal mine, scheduled to begin operations later this summer.
Zaruma results sure to expand San Antonio resource
New gold rush in Western Australia
Anyone dismissing the gold potential of the two Western Australian gold mining centres of Sandstone and Gidgee, which are only 90 km apart, will have to think again, as the area appears set to experience a gold rush.
Fronteer teams with Teck in Turkey
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More precious metals in Varley zone (May 31, 2004)
Clavos shows promise for St Andrew
Timmins, Ont. — Tempora mutantur, said Ovid, though he was probably not thinking about the recovery of the gold market when he did. But in Timmins, the times have changed, enough that a camp that lost one of its major gold producers in 1999 is be…
Inco updates Goro
In its preliminary findings from a major review of its 85%-owned Goro nickel-laterite project in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia,
RNC boosts gold reserves (May 31, 2004)
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Southwestern delivers more Boka gold (May 31, 2004)
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Desert Sun shines on Bahia gold belt (May 31, 2004)
Gold rally pushes juniors higher
The TSX Venture Exchange took back some ground for the trading period May 19-25 to close up 68 points at 1,602.27, breaking a 6-week decline. The junior market was fuelled by upward-trending gold prices, which reached a 2-week inter-day high of US…