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News December 5, 2005

Barrick leaves bitter taste in Placer’s mouth

Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) is telling its shareholders — in no uncertain terms — to shun Barrick Gold‘s (ABX-T, ABX-N) hostile takeover bid….

Prospector George Harkin examines drill core from the Expo deposit, part of Canadian Royalties' Raglan South project in the Ungava region Far Northern Quebec. Recent exploration has uncovered the Ivakkak zone, west of Royalties' previous discoveries on the South Raglan trend.

News December 5, 2005

Summer exploration expands picture in South Raglan

It has become predictable: another field season, another nickel-copper deposit in the Nunavik district of far northern Quebec. The company largely responsible for this state of affairs, Canad…

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TSX Venture Shorts (December 05, 2005)

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 15, 2005 (with changes from Oct. 31)….

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Daily Metal Prices (December 05, 2005)

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…

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Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (December 05, 2005)

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Producer and Dealer Prices (December 05, 2005)

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Rosebel resumes milling (December 05, 2005)

Mill operations at Cambior‘s (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) flagship Rosebel open-pit gold mine in Suriname have resumed at about 90% of capacity following a leak in the foundation of the operation…

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Mongolian murmurs miff miners

Recent reports of proposed amendments to Mongolia’s minerals and mining policy have hammered the shares of many foreign explorers active in the central-Asian country….

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Claim staking

There can be no healthy mining industry without a secure and fair system of land tenure….

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Falco, Alexis recognized by Quebec association

The team of Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and Alexis Minerals (AMC-V, AXSMF-O) were recently presented the Prospector of the Year award during a ceremony at the…

News December 5, 2005

Aflease, Southern Cross merger approved

Shareholders of Aflease Gold and Uranium Resources (AFLUY-O, AFL-J) and Southern Cross Resources (SXR-T, SCXRF-O) have approved the planned merger of the two comp…

News December 5, 2005

Gold cracks US$500 per oz.

With gold briefly topping US$500 per oz. in Asian trading on Nov. 29, gold miners dominated the most-active list in U.S. trading, with Newmont Mining rising US48 to US$47.68,