Afton extended at depth (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — A drill program by DRC Resources (DRC-V) has cut significant mineralization some 3,000 ft. below surfa…
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Radius tables Bridge results
Vancouver — The latest drill results from the Tambor gold property in Guatemala continue to return only low-grade…
Tritton takes another blow (September 17, 2001)
Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has decided not to continue work at Nord Pacific’s (NPF-T) Tritton copper project in New South…
Comsur eyes Don Mario (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — The long and winding road to development of the Don Mario gold-silver-copper project may be on its fin…
Lonmin to join Muskox PGM hunt
Muskox Minerals (MSK-V) has signed a memorandum of understanding with British-based platinum producer Lonmin to for…
Legal battle hurts Iamgold
Vancouver — With a 40% stake in two of the lowest-cost gold mines in the world and the price of the yellow metal s…
Trading Summary (September 17, 2001)
As expected, the major U.S. markets suffered significant losses on Monday, their first day of trading since before…
IMA tests Peruvian gold prospect
Junior IMA Exploration (IMR-V) has launched a 1,500-metre diamond drill program on a gold-enriched sulphide showing at its Rio Tabaconas property in northwestern Peru.The first pass of drilling will t…
New zone found at Shelby (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — Some 6.4 km northeast of the Powder Hill showing and only 12 km north of the Lac des les mine, New Millennium Metals (PGM-V) has uncovered a new platinum-palladium-gold zone on the Shelb…
Producer and Dealer Prices (September 17, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,100/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.60/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$8.85-10.25/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.657/lb.
Market slide cut short by tragedy
Denver — Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 halted trading among financial markets already battered by bad economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 391.98 points (4…
Starfield boosts West zone (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — Undeterred by low copper and nickel prices, junior Starfield Resources (SRU-V) continues to extend the mineralization at the West zone on the Ferguson Lake nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM projec…