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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…
Suppliers Roundup (January 10, 2005)
Major inks deal with Schramm…
GeolSoc boasts top speakers
Michael Doggett, director of the master’s program in mineral exploration at Queen’s University, will be among the speakers at GeolSoc, a conference held at the same time as the annual general meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy…
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…
Newmont leads in volume
U.S. stock markets fell over the period Dec. 29-Jan. 4. The S&P 500 index was down 25 points, or 2%, to close at 1,188.05 points, whereas the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2%, or 223.76 points, to close at 10,630.78 points. The price of go…
Tyler sees results from one Bahuerachi hole
Vancouver – Heavily promoted Tyler Resources (TYS-V) saw much anticipated assay results from the initial hole of it…
Glamis goes for Goldcorp (January 07, 2005)
Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has begun mailing its offering circular to Goldcorp (G-T) shareholders after formally filing it…
Huckleberry drilling hits new copper zone
Vancouver – Exploration drilling at Imperial Metals’ (III-T) 50% owned Huckleberry mine, located 123 km southwest o…
Magistral resource increases by 20%
Vancouver – An independent resource estimate by AMEC for Inca Pacific Resources’ (IPR-V) Magistral copper-molybdenu…