San Cristobal receives environmental permit
Denver — Through its wholly owned subsidiary Minera San Cristobal, Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) has received its envi…
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Trading Summary (May 14, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s 300 composite index shed 13.67 points to close at 8,010 in quiet trading on Monday. In…
Buffalo Hills yields low diamond count
The quantity of stones in a kimberlite find at the Buffalo Hills project in north-central Alberta is insufficient to warrant further work.A 223.3-kg sample of drill core from kimberlite K281, discover…
Assays awaited from Moose
BHP Diamonds has encountered sulphide mineralization in two holes while drilling for kimberlite on the Moose property in northeastern Manitoba.Edmonton-based New Blue Ribbon Resources (NBL-V), which c…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, MAY 2-8
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 464818 41.90 40.09 40.34 – 1.16…
Boliden sells assets to restore strength
Financially beleaguered Boliden (BOL-T) reported a net loss of US$25.1 million (or 11 per share) for the first quarter of 2001, up from a net loss of US$18.1 million (18 per share) a year earlier.In…
Energy costs, environmental liabilities hurt Phelps Dodge
Denver — Higher energy costs forced Phelps Dodge (PD-N) to post a first-quarter loss of US$14.7 million (or 19 per share) before a pretax, non-recurring gain of US$28.9 million.The pretax gain came …
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (May 14, 2001)
DateMay 8May 7May 4May 3May 2HighLowTSE 3008064.208205.567981.687955.50…
Metal Prices (May 14, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMay 8May 7May 4May 3May 2Aluminium1584.50/1555…
De Villiers to speak at meeting
Marq de Villiers, whose book Water won the 1999 Governor General’s Award for non-fiction, will speak at the joint annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) and the Mineralogical Ass…
Geoscience builds bridges through NATMAP
A project focused on studying Nunavut’s gold potential was among the highlights of Canada’s National Geoscience Mapping Program (NATMAP) in 2000. The program, now in its 10th year, was developed by th…
San Martin mine blesses Glamis with profit
Denver — Commissioning of the San Martin mine in Honduras propelled Glamis Gold (GLG-N) to a first-quarter profit despite difficult times.The company earned US$387,000 (or 1 per share), compared wit…