TSE Short Positions (May 27, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at May 15, 2002Larger individual positions includeAber Diamond 362,698 up 163,201; Agnico-Eagle 5,097,435 up 79,022; Alcan 1,219,027 up 307,302; Aurad…
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Junior exchange charges ahead
Vancouver — The S&P/TSX Venture Index jumped 43.19 points, or 3.7%, to close the week ended May 21 at 1202.41 points.New Bullet Group was the week’s volume leader, with 2.7 million shares crossing th…
Ivanhoe hits more gold at Turquoise Hill
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has tabled encouraging drill results from the Central zone at its wholly owned Turquoise Hill (Oyu Tolgoi) gold-copper project in southern Mongolia.Seven holes drill…
Cumberland cuts high grades at Meadowbank
Definition drilling by Cumberland Resources (CBD-T), aimed at expanding the resource of its wholly owned, 3-million-oz. Meadowbank gold project in Nunavut, is intersecting high-grade gold mineralizati…
Pan American combines with Corner Bay in all-share deal
With its eye on the 117-million-oz. Alamo Dorado silver resource in northern Mexico, Pan American Silver (PAA-T) has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Corne…
Newmont unfazed by first-quarter loss
Despite a lacklustre start, Newmont Mining (NEM-T) expects it will soon be reaping the rewards of its recent acquisitions of Normandy Mining (NDY-T) and Franco-Nevada Mining.Newmont lost US$10.9 milli…
Half a crusade
The state of New York and the investment firm Merrill Lynch have jointly announced the terms of a settlement in the state’s investigation into conflicts of interest in Merrill’s rating of stocks. The …
News – 27-MAY-02
Geomaque bleeds red in 2001
Struggling junior gold miner Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has released its year-end financial results, and they aren’t pretty.The net loss for the year ended Dec. 31, 2001, was US$10.5 million (US17…
Meridian eager to drill Machacala (May 27, 2002)
Meridian Gold (MNG-T) is gearing up for its first round of exploration drilling at the Machacala gold-silver property in Peru, held by Montreal-based junior Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-V).As operator, Me…
Commentary: Some new perspectives on Busang’s red flags
According to the critics of Bre-X’s gold project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the warning signs, or “red flags,” were numerous and obvious and should have alerted those involved that the gold mineralizat…
Ivanhoe drives Mongolian exploration
Vancouver — After a decade of false starts, mineral exploration is finally gaining some traction in Mongolia.A vast highland country, Mongolia is land-locked between Russia to the north and China to …