Noranda’s financial boss retires
Noranda (NRD-T) said on Tuesday, that while its chief financial officer was retiring, he would remain on to help wi…
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Trading Summary (November 10, 2003)
Profit-takers moved in on the Toronto market on Monday, sending the TSX Composite index 44.98 points lower, to 7,81…
Red Back gains Canadian listing with Champion merger
A merger agreement between Australian-listed Red Back Mining and Vancouver-based Champion Resources (CHA-V) will gi…
Coeur d’Alene enters Mexico
Vancouver — The world’s largest primary silver producer has inked a letter of intent to purchase the assets of Min…
First Quantum cuts more copper oxides in Congo (November 10, 2003)
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has pulled more long intersections of copper oxides from its newly discovered Lufua z…
Sulliden outlines geochem targets at Shahuindo (November 10, 2003)
Reconnaissance soil geochemistry by Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) at the Shahuindo property in Cajamarca department,…
Reporter ‘misinformed’
I am writing in response to your article on the activities of a junior exploration company in Guatemala (T.N.M., Oct. 17/03) in which you make several wild and unsubstantiated assertions regarding Exp…
Big miners make big gains
It was a generally good trading period in the U.S. equity markets, with the major indices up modestly but the mining stocks generally strong. The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 90.52 points to…
Linear takes on MIM projects (November 10, 2003)
Linear Resources (LRR-V) has closed its acquisition of Australian miner MIM’s Central American exploration projects, giving the Halifax-based explorer a presence in Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Re…
Aurelian aims drills at Condor
Vancouver — Aurelian Resources (ARU-V) has launched a 1,500-metre drill program at the Condor gold project in southeastern Ecuador.The junior is currently testing the vertical extent of mineralizatio…
Junior exchange soars to new highs
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange surged forward over the week ended Nov. 4 as resource stocks continued to spark investor interest. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index rose 92.8 points, …
Boston deep drilling cuts gold
A deep drilling campaign at the Boston gold deposit of Miramar Mining (MAE-T) has shown that gold mineralization may persist to a depth of almost 1,400 metres.Two drill holes completed in late summer …