2005
StrataGold proves up Dublin Gulch deposit in Yukon
Vancouver — An independent review has confirmed the gold resource in the Eagle zone on
Apollo pours gold at Standard
Vancouver — Denver-based
LME Warehouse Levels (January 10, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 4/05 (change from Dec. 24/04 in brackets):…
Daily Metal Prices (January 10, 2005)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Exchange Rates (January 10, 2005)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
The Northern Miner Indices (January 10, 2005)
North American Mining: 106.73 (-8.21)…
EuroZinc buys out Rio’s kicker on Neves Corvo sale (January 10, 2005)
Way cleared for Kensington
Vancouver — The U.S. Forest Service has cleared the way for all other federal and state permitting to begin on
Exploration spending on rise
In 2004, Canadian companies spent a total of about US$3.55 billion on nonferrous mineral exploration companies, according to the Metals Economics Group. The estimate is based on an analysis of the exploration budgets of 1,138 companies, using a cu…
Tsunami disaster teaches lesson
Spurred by countless heart-wrenching, as well as heart-warming, stories from the mega-catastrophe generated by the tsunami along the coasts of southern Asia on Dec. 26, many individual Canadians (as well as some concerned mining companies) have re…
TSX stumbles off the blocks
The Toronto Stock Exchange ended 2004 on a sour note, dropping 17.75 points to end at 9,246.65 on Dec. 31. Still, that’s 1,025.8 points, or 12.5%, better than at the end of 2003. The holiday-shortened Dec. 29-to-Jan. 4 report period saw the TSX co…