2005

Vancouver — Spokane-based Franconia Minerals (FRA-V) has inked a deal with Teck Cominco (TEK-T) to acquire the Red…

Noranda Recycling (Malaysia), a new unit of Noranda (NRD.LV-T) has begun operating in Penang, Malaysia, expanding t…

Infill underground drilling at New Gold‘s (NGD-T) Afton copper-gold project, 10 km west of Kamloops, B.C., has uncovered mineralization that correlates well with the resource block…

Vancouver — Bralorne Gold Mines (BPM-V) is exploring several vein systems at the past-producing Pioneer-Bralorne gold mine property in the Bridge River district of southern British…

Vancouver — A $520,000 private placement will enable Cusac Gold Mines (CQC-T) to continue exploring the Table Mountain gold property near Cassiar in northern British Columbia….

Vancouver — Drilling by Wildrose Resources (WRS-V) has ex-panded gold mineralization on the Spanish Mountain project in British Columbia’s Cariboo region and, in the process, boost…

TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE…

Maple Minerals (MPM-V) will acquire up to a 60% stake in a 3,700-sq.-km land package in Mongolia consisting of uranium exploration properties. The vendor is UGL Enterprises…

Rising prices for crude oil pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index over 10,000 during the report period June 14-20. The composite finished just shy of that mark, at 9,998.11, up 158.17 poin…

Strong metal prices continued to buoy the junior mining market, giving the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index a 3.2% boost on the week, closing up 53.14 points at 1728.99 for the period June…