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A survey has found that Indonesian mines achieve higher rates of return than operations elsewhere in the world.The PricewaterhouseCoopers study shows that during the period 1994-1998, companies includ…

The Canadian Venture Exchange closed up 14.63 points, or 0.7%, at 2,168.71 during the report period ended Dec. 21, 1999.MacDonald Mines Exploration traded almost 2.5 million shares during the week, cl…

95.50 (+4.00)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…

61.14 (+5.33)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$287.00+$7.15Silver$ 5.17-$0.02…

The Dow Jones industrial average climbed a modest 40.37 points, or 0.4%, to 11,200.54 during the report period ended Dec. 21.Gold responded to interest rate jitters, climbing $6.90 to US$286.90 on the…

Gold Funds as of Dec. 16, 1999Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.60$5.63Price$8.1…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 21/99 (change from Dec. 14 in brackets):Aluminium762,850(-4,700)…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,175/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.30/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$62.50/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$13.70-15.40/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$0.833/lb.Indium: In…

Drilling at the Converse gold project in Nevada has returned lacklustre results for Cameco (CCJ-T) and Romarco Minerals (R-T).At Converse, the companies, together with 50% joint-venture partner Newmon…

Aber Res6Acron Int’l16Atna Res6Barrick Gold1, 3Bema Gold6Cambiex3Cameco2Canabrava14Celtic Min2Citadel Gold…

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