Apollo pours first Standard gold bar
Vancouver – Denver-based Apollo Gold (APG-T) has poured its first gold-silver dore bar from the Standard gold mine…
2005
Capstone revives past-producer Cozamin in central Mexico
Zacatecas, Mexico — With plenty of cash on hand and dewatering and drilling under way,
Market awaits outcome of Goldcorp-Glamis saga
The report period Dec. 22-28 was short because the TSX closed down at 1 p.m. on Dec. 24 for the holidays, and trading did not resume until Dec. 29. The price of gold closed at US$444.40 per oz. in New York on Dec. 28. At Dec. 24, the price of gold…
Tsunamis pound southeast Asia
Stock trading during the holiday-shortened report period ending Dec. 28 was overshadowed by the impact of massive devastation along the coast of the Indian Ocean, caused by an earthquake-induced series of tsunamis. The death toll is being measured…
The Northern Miner Indices (January 03, 2005)
North American Mining: 114.94 (-0.99)…
Buenaventura to farm in on Rio Narcea property (January 03, 2005)
A deal between
Signals suggest commodity rally drawing to a close
The single biggest technical feature dominating the commodity markets is divergence on medium and long-term charts. This is afflicting both individual markets and the indices, and, in our view, implies that the rally of the past three years is mat…
Cameco green-lights Cigar Lake mine
Vancouver — With a construction licence in hand, the Cameco joint venture is starting to develop the long-awaited Cigar Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin.
Juniors steady as gold holds above US$440 per oz.
Junior mining stocks held their own over the shortened trading period Dec. 22-24, before the holiday season kicked in. The TSX Venture Exchange index saw an increase of 44.76 points, or 2.5%, to 1781.44 from the beginning of the trading period.
Voisey’s Bay sparks interest in Placentia, Nfld.
Settling Placentia when Toronto was trees, Basque fishermen described it as insulace corte realis, or “harbour within a womb of hills.” The depiction was apt. More than 100 years later, in the early 1600s, France and England fought for control of…
Partners size up Valentine Lake (January 03, 2005)
Following nearly 7,000 metres worth of drilling in 24 holes, partners
LME Warehouse Levels (January 03, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 24 (change from Dec. 21 in brackets):…