Comtois deal sealed
Toronto-based junior Candor Ventures (CND-V) has inked a deal to take a half-interest in the Comtois gold deposit,…
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Trading Summary (July 08, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index dove 2.59 points to 168.41, as the yellow metal shed US$3.90 to US$344 per…
Barrick shuffles Bulyanhulu management
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) is shuffling management at its Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania in an attempt to cut costs and…
Drill turns at Regal Ridge
Vancouver — True North Gems (TGX-V) has launched a 1,250 metre drill program over its wholly owned Regal Ridge eme…
Alcan retargets Pechiney
Looking to cut costs and entrench itself in the aerospace supply industry, Montreal-based aluminum giant Alcan (AL-…
Placer opts out of Nyanzaga
Vancouver Placer Dome (PDG-T) has elected to drop the once promising Nyanzaga gold project in the Lake Victoria G…
Trading Summary (July 07, 2003)
Toronto’s diversified miners added 2.39 points, or nearly 2% of value, to end at 130.04 on Monday, helping the broa…
Hawk lands at AfriOre’s FSC deposit
Toronto-based Hawk Precious Minerals (hawk-u) has agreed to take up to a half-interest in AfriOre’s (AFO-T) 1,090-sq.-km FSC gold project in South Africa.Hawk can earn an initial 35% by paying $20,000…
LME Warehouse Levels (July 07, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 1 (change from June 24 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1142200(+27…
Exchange Rates (July 07, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJuly 1June 30June 27June 26June 25US$ in C$Holiday1.35531.34891.3…
Ashton finds 4-carat diamond (July 07, 2003)
While preparing to process a kimberlite breccia sample taken this past winter during mini-bulk sampling on the Renard 65 pipe in the Otish Mountains of Quebec, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) found a …
