CVG gives Crystallex the green light
Vancouver — Since the early 1990s, the advancement of the historical Kilometre 88 mining district in southeastern…
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AfriOre pads its gold portfolio
Continuing its trek to become a gold producer, metal-explorer-turned-coal-miner AfriOre (AFO-T) has wrapped up two…
Placer eyes AurionGold seats
Singing a common refrain, takeover target AurionGold has rejected Placer Dome’s (PDG-T) request for four seats on t…
Atlas maps its way to Quebec
Atlas Minerals (ATMR-O) has a 120-day option period in which to decide whether on not to acquire Western Gold Resou…
Partners table Platosa resource estimate
Excellon Resources (EXN-V) and Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) have tabled a mineral resource estimate for their jointly held Platosa property, near Bermejillo, Mexico.Completed by Roscoe Postle Associates …
Spot Prices Wed. September 4, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$312.70+$1.75Silver$ 4.47-$0.03Platinum$545.00-$…
Exchange Rates (September 09, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateSept. 3Sept. 2Aug. 30Aug. 29Aug. 28US$ in C$1.5543Holiday1.55891.
Producer and Dealer Prices (September 09, 2002)
Antimony: Recent trades US$1,900-2,150/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.90/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.30/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.50-7.30/lb.Copper: Comex Dec US$0.6835/lb….
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (September 09, 2002)
74.83 (-0.32)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (September 09, 2002)
79.00 (+4.90)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
More Aussies trim hedge books
The J.P. Morgan June Quarter 2002 Review, released in late August, reports that hedging by Australian-based gold companies dropped 1.75 million oz. to 22.6 million oz. as of June 2002. The decline of …
Kinross exec at luncheon
Scott Caldwell, chief operating officer of Kinross Gold, will speak at a luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, slated for Sept. 19, at the Ontario Club in Toronto.Cal…