TSX Venture Exchange March 7-13
A slip in bullion and base metal prices prompted a drop in the lofty S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, off 54.58 points or 2% to close at 2,588.93 over the March 7-13 session. Average daily trading…
2006
Minefinders to build heap-leach mine at Dolores
Vancouver — Management of Minefinders (MFL-T, MFN-X) plans to spend about US$131.6 million to build an 18,000-tonne-per-day, open-pit heap-leach mine at the Dolores gold-silver prope…
Chariot cuts high-grade copper at Mina Justa (March 20, 2006)
Vancouver — Initial feasibility drilling by Chariot Resources (CHD-T, CHDSF-O) on the Mina Justa deposit at its Marcona copper project, in the coastal region of southwestern Peru, ha…
LME Warehouse Levels (March 20, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 13, 2006 (change from March 6 in brackets):…
Claude improves at Seabee
Vancouver — Rising costs at the Seabee gold mine kept Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) in the red to the tune of $3.5 million last year, despite a strong fourth-quarter performance th…
Apex probes payments
An internal investigation by Apex Silver (SIL-X) has revealed that one of the company’s Latin American subsidiaries may have made improper payments to government officials in an undis…
MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 20, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a new discovery of high-grade platinum mineralization for MetalCORP…
People (March 20, 2006)
Adamus Res. — John Hopkins appointed chairman; John Daniels retired as chairman….
Campbell confirms deeper zones at Corner Bay (March 20, 2006)
Further drilling by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) at the Corner Bay copper deposit south of Chibougamau, Que., has intersected more mineralization at depth and west of the previ…
Daily Metal Prices (March 20, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Osisko adds ground at Canadian Malartic (March 20, 2006)
Abitibi explorer Osisko Exploration (OSK-V, OSXLF-O) has concluded agreements with prospectors under which it will take over properties covering the Barnat, Sladen-Malartic, and East…
U.S. Markets March 7-13
With the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index finishing the trading period March 7-13 up 0.6% at 1,284.13, stock markets in the United States struggled slowly upward, hardly having time to wave goodbye as…