Nevada Pacific drills BMX Project
Vancouver — Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has kicked off a drill program at its wholly-owned BMX project, situated w…
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Alcan secures 92.21% of Pechiney
With Alcan’s (AL-T) 4-billion-euro takeover bid for France’s Pechiney expiring, the Canadian aluminum giant reports…
Head grades fall at Orvana’s Don Mario (December 02, 2003)
Rookie junior miner Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) is reporting that head grades at its new Don Mario gold mine in eastern…
SAGC raises Pimenton funds (December 02, 2003)
Aiming to restart the Pimenton gold-copper mine in Chile, South American Gold & Copper (SAG-T) has raised $3.5 mill…
Anaconda starts Pine Cove drilling
Drilling is under way at the Pine Cove gold project near Baie Verte, Nfld., where Anaconda Gold (ANX-V) is earning…
De Beers to bring Gahcho Kue to feasibility (December 01, 2003)
Budgets have been approved for a full feasibility study at the Gahcho Kue (Kennady Lake) diamond project in the Nor…
Gabriel adds 1.5m oz. to Rosia Montana
An updated resource estimate by Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) at its advanced 80%-owned Rosia Montana gold project in R…
Nevsun hits new zone at Bisha (December 01, 2003)
Drilling at the Bisha project in Eritrea has led to the discovery of a new massive sulphide zone, reports Nevsun Re…
Hot holes in Romania for European Goldfields
A resumption of drilling in early November at European Goldfields’ (EGU-V) 80%-owned Certej and Sacaramb gold proje…
Trading Summary (December 01, 2003)
Gold finally topped US$400 per oz. in trading on Monday, with the London afternoon fix at US$400.25 and the closing…
Daily Metal Prices (December 01, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 25Nov. 24Nov. 21Nov. 20Nov. 19Al Alloy1390/141…
First Quantum takes fresh look at Kansanshi
Solwezi, Zambia — Zambia’s Northwestern province has a reputation as a rural backwater, away from the more industrialized and urbanized Copperbelt. Remote and generally ignored through the colonial p…