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Abacus buys Afton back-in rights

A formal agreement with Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) allows Abacus Mining & Exploration (AME-V, ABCFF-O) to acquire mining-related facilities and infras…


Spot Prices Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $505.75 -17.05
Silver $8.55 -0.19
Platinum…



Gravity concentration cheaper, better for gold

I enjoyed reading your commentary, “Gold industry should address critics,” by Greg Barnes (T.N.M. Nov. 18-24/05). In my opinion, two gold industry problems were not mentioned in that piece: the large-…


More ‘factual’ reporting needed

Please extend our appreciation to The Northern Miner and Anthony Vaccaro for the well-written and well-researched article, “Socialist tide won’t wash Apex away” (T.N.M., Dec. 9-15/05)….




Agnico-Eagle keeps costs low

As costs continue to escalate for gold miners, Toronto-based Agnico- Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) is managing to buck the trend, predicting a decrease in costs for 2006….


Venture board stays the course

Continued strong precious and base metal prices kept the junior-explorer-dominated TSX Venture Exchange on track over the Dec. 13-19 trading session, notching the index up a nominal 2.35 points to clo…


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