Producer and Dealer Prices (May 17, 2004)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,700/t.
News
Century aims to revive Sigma-Lamaque
Vancouver — A letter agreement sets the stage for
Hecla cuts costs, boosts profits
Vancouver — Higher metal prices and lower production costs helped
Junior mining sector loses ground
The TSX Venture Exchange fell just shy of 100 points during the May 5-11 trading period to close at 1558.69, representing the fifth-consecutive drop. The junior mining sector fared no better, with a whopping 71 Venture Exchange-listed companies re…
Shore Gold plans gold spinoff
Saskatoon-based
Beaufield climbs on Rouleau results (May 17, 2004)
Nepean, Ont.-based
Aur, Inmet reach merger deal (May 17, 2004)
A merger-of-equals deal struck at the beginning of May will see
Virginia makes VMS find in Quebec
Long a favourite among newsletter writers and retail-oriented mining analysts,
Lower grades sink Richmont (May 17, 2004)
Lower gold grades and a stronger Canadian dollar caused
Flow-through shares: a history
The recent success of so-called “flow-through” shares may make them seem like a new idea in Canada but this financing device found its way into the business lexicon here roughly 50 years ago with company-to-company “flow-through” shares. It took a…
Daily Metal Prices (May 17, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
J-Pacific to explore Blackdome (May 17, 2004)
Vancouver —