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Your article, “Regulators probe Bull River” (T.N.M., Feb.7-13/00), requires the companies to respond. Government geologists, in their report, acknowledge the thousands of metres of drilling and underg…

ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeVengoldT 109381 3.54 0.86 3.00 + 2.16…

Toronto-based Cassiar Mines & Metals (CIR-T) has begun making international deliveries of its first commercially produced chrysotile fibre from the Cassiar plant in northern British Columbia.The compa…

Junior Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-M) has completed its first resource evaluation for the Comtois gold property, 15 km west of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que.Indicated resources are pegged at 582,934 tonnes…

The organizers of Mining Millennium 2000 are inviting delegates to bring their families and friends to take part in the special events planned for “Opening Sunday,” March 5, on the floor of the Toront…

Larger individual positions include:Abitibi-Consolidated 2,817,508 up 1,052,995; Agnico-Eagle 1,961,000 up 1,951,000; Alcan Aluminum 1,636,783 up 530,170; Anderson Exploration…

Fear of further interest rate hikes pushed the Dow Jones industrial average down 413.25 points, or 3.9%, to 10,304.84 for the report period ended Feb. 22, while gold edged up to US$305.60 per oz. on t…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$305.25+$4.75Silver$ 5.26+$0.03…

Junior Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has resumed drilling at its Dunkwa concession in the prolific Ashanti gold belt of Ghana.A minimum of 18 holes will be sunk at the Opon prospect to test for strike exte…

North Atlantic Nickel (NANC-C) recently began trading on the Canadian Dealing Network — soon to be part of the Canadian Venture Exchange — while Winspear Resources (WSP-T) and Gammon Lake Resources…