Apollo Gold sizes up Black Fox near Timmins
Armed with nearly 83,000 metres of drilling in 296 holes, Apollo Gold (APG-T) has tabled an initial reserve estimate for the Black Fox gold project, near Timmins, Ont.Based on a gold price cutoff of U…
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UME whips San Gregorio into shape
Montevideo, Uruguay — One man’s poison has proved to be another man’s meat in Uruguay, thanks to Australian ingenuity, persistence, and good timing.Uruguay Mineral Exploration (UME-V) has not only tr…
Northern Miner Indices (March 08, 2004)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Study offers bright snapshot of Oyu Tolgoi
An independent scoping study has concluded that Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T) Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in southern Mongolia has sufficient and rich-enough mineralization to warrant mining.The study eva…
Eurasian Minerals spreads wings in Kyrgyzstan and Turkey
Vancouver — With $3.9 million in its coffers, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) has picked up three mineral exploration licences totalling 5,125 sq. km in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the Sisorta high sulphidation…
Exchange Rates (March 08, 2004)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateMarch 2March 1Feb. 27Feb. 26Feb. 25US$ in C$1.34311.33911.34011.3…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 08, 2004)
DateMarch 2March 1Feb. 27Feb. 26Feb. 25HighLowTSX Composite8808.00…
First Associates’ Poirier favours Glencairn
The following is the first in a series of articles concerned with the stock picks of a select group of mining analysts and newsletter writers who follow the junior retail mining sector closely. This w…
Hard to kill
“Prospectors foregathered to the number of about 150 in Toronto on Tuesday to form an association and to formally protest against the passage of the proposed Engineers Act. Organization was quickly pe…
Editorial Cartoon (March 08, 2004)
American Gold gains Metates
Vancouver-based American Gold Capital (AAU-V) has acquired the Metates gold-silver project in the Mexican state of Durango.The company issued 12 million shares for the acquisition, as required under t…
BHP Billiton inks Chinese steel deal
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has signed a US$9-billion deal to ship some 12 million tonnes of iron ore annually to four of China’s top steel mills.The 25-year deal is BHP’s largest-ever…