Trading Summary (December 10, 2002)
The markets rallied strongly today with the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index closing at 6,597.20, 93.11 point…
News
Canadian Royalties posts more results from Mesamax
Vancouver — Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) has tabled encouraging assay results for 11 additional holes drilled on its…
Rio Narcea gets banks behind Aguablanca
Spanish-based Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) has arranged US$61 million in project financing for its Aguablanca nick…
Manhattan tallies EIS for Tambo Grande
Vancouver – The long road to developing the large Tambo Grande massive sulphide property may be entering the final…
Miramar sets sights on Boston Deeps (December 09, 2002)
Vancouver – The largest drill program planned for Canada in 2003 may have gotten 9,000 metres bigger with Miramar M…
Rubicon kicks off drill campaign at Rivard gold project
Vancouver — Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has recently commenced a 1,800-metre drill program at its recently acquired R…
Kinross drilling intersects gold on Duquesne West
Drilling by Kinross Gold (K-T) on the Duquesne West property northwest of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., where it is earning…
Trading Summary (December 09, 2002)
Even a $6.4-billion merger proposal from Manufacturers Life for Canada Life wasn’t enough to hold off the profit ta…
Ashton, Soquem prove up Foxtrot property
In less than a year, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and partner Soquem have established a new diamond camp based on the discovery of a small cluster of eight diamondiferous kimberlitic bodies on the …
Northern Labrador gets a chance to do it right Nickel, and timing
The schedule said that in early December the Innu of Davis Inlet, in northern Labrador, could begin moving to the newly built town of Natuashish, 15 km west on the Labrador mainland.Whether that miles…
AIDS summit postponed, again
A tripartite summit aimed at developing a unified approach by government, labour and business to tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS in the African mining industry has again been postponed.The summit was in…
Modest recovery projected for base metals in 2003
This article is the second of two instalments devoted to base metals and was culled from Barclays Capital’s monthly report The Commodity Refiner. Part 1 appeared in our Dec. 2-8 issue, and a separate …