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Idiot’s guide to Parliament

We are favoured with another eructation from Carolyn Parrish, MP, who has identified a “Coalition of the Idiots,” in which Americans figure prominently.


Flight to gold drives junior market

Summer doldrums appear to be ending for TSX-Venture junior miners. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index closed at 1524.79, up 17.5 points over the trading period Aug. 25-31. Daily volumes have also seen awakenings, with well over 20 millio…



Wheaton tops up till

Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has arranged a US$300-million acquisition facility with HVB Group, Germany’s second-largest private bank, to finance up to three separate acquisitions. The 15-month facility can be used to acquire…



Alcoa shines in U.S.

U.S. stock markets rose slightly over the period Aug. 25-31. The S&P 500 index was up eight points, or 0.73%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.74%, or 75.29 points, to close at 10,173.92 points.


Cons. Minerals posts record profit

Consolidated Minerals earned a record A$25.1 million in 2003, so it was only fitting the company was honoured at the recent Diggers & Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.


Apollo Gold advances Black Fox

Vancouver — Drill results from the Black Fox project, near Matheson, Ont., continue to augur well for Apollo Gold (APG-T).


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