TVX suffers big fat Greek headache
Greece’s supreme administrative court, the Conseil d’tat, has dealt TVX Gold (TVX-T) another blow by blocking the company’s Stratoni silver-lead-zinc operation, 65 km east of the Greek port of Thessa…
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King Eider kimberlite proves complex
Eager to get a better handle on the diamond distribution of the known King Eider kimberlite on Victoria Island, partners Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) and Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) have drilled two…
Laramide offers more shares
Higher demand for its shares has prompted Laramide Resources to increase the size of its private placement to 1.4 million units.A unit remains priced at 15 and still entitles the holder to a share an…
Majescor strikes deal
Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) was granted a 3-year option to explore the Fenelon property in the Casa Berardi sector of northwestern Quebec exclusively for diamonds.Property owners International Taurus R…
Gold mutual funds top list
U.S. based mutual funds that invest in gold topped the list of U.S. fund performances for the first six months of 2002.The average gold fund rose 50.5% for the period ending June 28, compared with an …
Redcorp tallies gold values at Hawk
Vancouver — Drilling by Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T) has returned encouraging values from the Hawk gold property in north-central British Columbia.All 12 holes in the 1,500-metre program, which tested fo…
Shutdowns cost Falconbridge (October 28, 2002)
Lower nickel sales and shrinking revenue from precious metals production pushed Falconbridge (FL-T) to a third-quarter loss.The major found itself $21.3 million in the red (or 14 per share), compared…
Matamec finds more Sakami gold (October 28, 2002)
Junior Matamec (MAT-V) has found several more gold showings at its Sakami property in the James Bay region of Quebec.In the JR area, 25 of 126 grab samples yielded between 0.1 and 9.6 grams gold per t…
Third-quarter earnings up at Inco
Nickel producer Inco (N-T) saw its earnings increase in the normally slow third quarter, largely owing to higher nickel prices.Inco posted a US$84-million profit, or net earnings of US$91 million, for…
FNX, Dynatec confirm zone at Norman (October 28, 2002)
Infill drilling on the North zone of the Norman nickel-copper deposit, northeast of Sudbury, Ont., has confirmed mineralization at vertical depths of around 165 metres.The program, carried out by part…
Junior explores near Tulawaka
Junior Exploration Minires du Nord (MDN-T) has begun a soil geochemical survey over two newly acquired permits in the Lake Victoria Goldfields district of Tanzania.Minires can earn 90% interests in …
MacDonald exec takes a loss
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:n Aur Resources (AUR-T) — Jorge Carey, director, bought 44,500 shares indirectly at US$2.15 or …