Copper is king in British Columbia
Vancouver — Mineral exploration and development in British Columbia have emerged from a bad nightmare caused by weak commodity prices and an unsupportive previous provincial government.
2005
Large resource at Lumina’s Regalito
Vancouver — An independent estimate suggests
Yukon exploration heats up
Whitehorse, Y.T. — In an effort to improve its economy, the Yukon government is rolling out the welcome mat as it tries to lure companies back into exploring and mining in the territory. Buoyed by a resurgence in metal prices on the heels of devo…
The Northern Miner Indices (January 17, 2005)
North American Mining: 107.04 (+0.31)…
Miners recover
United States stock markets drifted marginally lower over the report period Jan. 5-11, with the S&P 500 index down 5.06 points at 1,182.99.
PDAC questions Ontario bill
The Prospectors & Developers Association (PDAC) has made submissions to hearings into Bill 97, which proposes that resource companies intending to extract natural resources from First Nations traditional lands in northern Ontario must negotiate a…
Timber wolf attacks Key Lake worker
It was anything but a happy new year for Fred Desjarlais, an employee of
Suppliers Roundup (January 17, 2005)
SNC-Lavalin helps get Goro going…
Nevsun rises over Eritrea talks
The week of Jan. 5-11 saw the price of gold fall to US$420 per oz. on Jan. 10 before climbing back up to US$421.35, where it closed in the afternoon in London (down US$6.40 over the period). The gold index was down one point to close at 198.69. Th…