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International Quotes (September 24, 2007)

Australia (A$) Sept 17 Sept 10 Change Bendigo Mining 0.32 0.35 -0.03 Centamin Egypt 1.18 1.21 -0.03 Emperor Mines 0.07 0.07 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 5.33 4.71 0.62 Lion Selection Ltd…




Editorial: Cracks in US economic juggernaut

Gold bugs had plenty of disturbing macroeconomic news to chew on during the week ended Sept. 15, the 37th trading week of 2007, and almost all of it was broadly bullish for gold.


DE BEERSA Zeppelin used here by De Beers cruises above Botswana's Kalahari sands with gravity and magnetic geophysical equipment in tow. The low noise and cruising speed make dirigibles ideal for mineral exploration.EARNINGS SUMMARYFROM CNW GROUP. WWW.NEWSWIRE.CA. ALL FIGURES IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER-SHARE FIGURES, WHICH ARE BASIC UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.CURRENTYR. AGO%CHG.CURRENTYR. AGO%CHG.

Blimpin’ your ride

Last year, warm weather closed the ice road to the Diavik diamond mine on March 26 — a full two weeks earlier than usual. Diavik, a joint venture of Aber Diamond (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N,…



BY GWEN PRESTONNorthern Freegold Resources vice-president Susan Craig and president Bill Harris with a project geologist in the Nucleus/Revenue core shed at the Freegold Mountain project, in the Yukon.

Perseverance pays off for Northern Freegold

SITE VISIT Carmacks, Yukon — Bill Harris has been prospecting around Freegold Mountain since the 1960s. For 20 years Bill, his father Glen, and their good friend, Fritz Gruder, worked…


BY SUSAN KIRWINFrom left: First Metals chairman Jay Jaski; director George Salamis; Romeo D'Angela of Novadan Capital; First Metals CEO Richard Williams; Bob Romanyk of Private Equity Capital; and Sylvain Lessard, First Metals' mine manager at the Fabie Bay project. Fabie Bay was mined by Noranda in the 1970s and First Metals plans to bring the operation back into production sometime this fall.

First Metals set to be a miner

SITE VISIT Rouyn-Noranda, Que. — First Metals (FMA-T) is nearing the finish line in its race to bring the past-producing Fabie Bay open-pit and underground copper mines in Quebec’s Noranda…



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