Masuparia eyes Greywacke prospects
Vancouver – The 2002 exploration program over the Greywacke Lake gold project has Masuparia Gold (MPG-V) eyeing the…
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Cambior sharpens its trimmers
With gold reaching prices not seen in years, Cambior (CBJ-T) plans to trim its hedge book by about 40% to around 80…
Fording battle ends in peace (January 13, 2003)
The heated battle for Fording (FDG-T) has ended with a truce that will see the two sides combine their respective m…
Rubicon hits bonanza grades at McFinley
Vancouver A 14-hole drill program by Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has returned encouraging values from the McFinley M…
Trading Summary (January 13, 2003)
The gold stocks finished on the minus side of a mixed Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday, dropping 3.05 points or 1.5…
Alcoa posts surprise loss
Alcoa (AA-N) posted a fourth-quarter loss of US$223 million after announcing plans to cut 8,000 jobs at 70 locations worldwide. The loss represents US27 per diluted share.By comparison, the company i…
Research Capital asks: Why pick on Barrick?
In a recent report titled Why is ABX the Lightning Rod on Hedging?, Toronto-based mining analysts Barry Allan and Steven Greene of Research Capital take a timely look at the gold-hedge positions of th…
Int’l Curator back at Assean Lake
Now that the winter freeze has set in, International Curator Resources (IC-T) is resuming exploration at the Assean Lake gold project in north-central Manitoba.The program is budgeted at $580,000 and …
Black empowerment in South Africa
The past year was momentous for South African mining. The adoption of radical regulations ushers in a non-racial, competitive and socially inclusive era in the industry.It is unrealistic to imagine th…
Ivanhoe extends Far North Oyu zone
Vancouver — Geophysical surveying of the Turquoise Hill copper-gold project in Mongolia indicates that the Southwest, Central and Far North Oyu zones are all part of one mineralizing system.Ivanhoe M…
Iamgold-Repadre merger goes through
Following a positive vote by its shareholders and an order in the Ontario Superior Court, gold royalty company Repadre Capital (RPD-T) has been merged into Iamgold (IMG-T).The friendly merger, agreed …
Alcoa
A new estimate indicates that the past-producing Macassa mine has a proven and probable reserve of 726,000 tonnes grading 15.4 grams gold per tonne, or 356,300 oz. gold.Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-V) repo…