TSE finds footing before closing bell
Despite some teeter-tottering, and no thanks to the golds, the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index ended the Sept. 10-16 period 28.98 points ahead at 7,625.37.Precious metal prices were down across…
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People (September 22, 2003)
Alcoa — Klaus Kleinfeld appointed director.Corriente — Anthony Holler appointed to board; Catherine Mcleod-Seltzer resigned as director.European Goldfields — Gordon Toll appointed dire…
Odyssey trenches Tavsan
Junior Odyssey Resources (ODX-V) has begun trenching its Tavsan property in hopes of uncovering a near-surface sediment-hosted gold deposit.Situated in western Turkey, Tavsan was first explored by Tec…
Gammon drills Ocampo (September 22, 2003)
Gammon Lake Resources (GAM-T) has completed the first round of 30 step-out and infill holes on its wholly owned Northeast Ocampo gold-silver project in Mexico.Highlights from the Aventurero zone inclu…
Pacific NW cuts high grade at River Valley
Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has intersected impressive intervals of platinum and palladium at its River Valley project, 60 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont.The project is a 50-50 joint…
Newmont drops Kinross shares
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has sold 28 million of its 43.2 million shares in Kinross Gold (K-T) to a group of dealers led by Griffiths McBurney & Partners and RBC Dominion Securities for US$218 million, b…
Imperial drills Mt. Polley
Vancouver — Looking to reinvigorate the dormant Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia, owner Imperial Metals (III-T) has a drill rig turning on a newly discovered zone, some 1.5 km northe…
Glencairn, Black Hawk ink merger deal
Vancouver — Glencairn Gold (GLJ-V) and Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) have signed a merger agreement.Black Hawk’s shareholders will vote on the deal at a meeting scheduled for early October. The company’s…
The Northern Miner Indices (September 22, 2003)
North American Mining: 89.26 (-0.81)Small Producers: 88.39 (-3.31)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Trading Summary (September 19, 2003)
Toronto’s mining sector helped the Toronto Stock Exchange to end the week in the black on Friday. The gold index ro…
Defiance boosts Tasiast resource
With about 28,000 metres worth of reverse-circulation and core drilling under its belt, Defiance Mining (DM-T) has…
Gold Fields – AngloGold ink pact
Vancouver South African-based rivals Gold Fields (GFI-N) and AngloGold (AU-N) have elected to team up in the coun…