2004

Timminco grows

Specialty and light-metals company Timminco (TIM-T) has added silicon metal and ferro-silicon to its mix of products by acquiring Quebec-based Bcancour Silicon.


BHP Billiton lands US$3.2b contract

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has negotiated iron ore sale commitments from four Chinese steel mills. The commitments have a potential value of US$3.2 billion over the next 10 years.


Canadian Zinc uncovers sulphides

Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) has intersected high-grade zinc, lead and silver at the Prairie Creek mine project in the Northwest Territories.


Guyanor buys royalty

Golden Star Resources (GSL-T) has transferred its production royalty on the Rosebel gold mine in Suriname to 52.8%-owned subsidiary Guyanor Ressources (GRL.B-T) in return for US$12 million in cash.




Stikine hits sulphides near Sullivan

Vancouver — Deep drilling by Stikine Gold (SKY-V) has intersected the sulphide horizon at the Sullivan Deeps project, near Kimberley, B.C.



Cozamin makes the grade for Capstone (October 11, 2004)

Vancouver — Capstone Resources (CSG-V) is encouraged by results from diamond drilling at the Cozamin copper-silver-zinc property in Mexico’s Zacatecas state. The company can earn a 90% interest in five advanced Mexican projects…


Ken Lapierre, Mustang Minerals' vice-president of exploration, kneeling (on waste rock from the Maskwa open pit) and James Moon, Senior Investment advisor with Standard Securities. The flooded ramp of the former Maskwa open pit is in the background.

Mustang riding high at Maskwa

Lac du Bonnet, Man. — As nickel exploration properties go, you would be hard-pressed to find a more accessible one than Maskwa, about a 2-hour drive northeast of Winnipeg, Man.


Western Silver expands Penasco

An initial resource calculation at the Penasco silver deposit in Zacatecas state, Mexico, has almost doubled the resource on Western Silver‘s (WTC-T) Penasquito project.


Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (October 11, 2004)


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