Teck and Inco team up in Brazil
Vancouver — Diversified miners Teck (TEK-T) and Inco (N-T) have joined forces to explore Brasilca Mining’s (BSL-V)…
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Agnico’s recovery stutters slightly
Agnico-Eagle Mines’ (AGE-T) financial recovery has stumbled slightly and the company has posted a loss of US$300,00…
Anglo cuts big grades at Boyongan
Vancouver — Partners Anglo-American (AAUK-Q) and Philex Gold (PGI-V) appear to have intersected a very rare geolog…
Trading Summary (April 24, 2001)
Only three of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s 14 subindexes managed to finish in the black on Tuesday as the 300 compo…
Newmont aims drills deeper
The Yanacocha gold mine, high atop the Andes of northern Peru, was the golden growth story for Newmont Mining (NEW-N) in 2000, with production and reserves increasing for the seventh consecutive year….
El Tesoro mine aims for spring startup
Beginning in May, London-listed Antofagasta expects to produce 75,000 tonnes of cathode copper per year at the newly completed El Tesoro heap-leach mine. Antofagasta holds a 61% interest in the US$296…
LME Warehouse Levels (April 23, 2001)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 17/01 (change from April 10 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium…
Dow, gold continue climb
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 113.99 points, or 1.1%, during the holiday-shortened report period April 11-17 to close at 10,216.73.Comex spot gold on the New York Mercantile Excha…
Hunter-Dickinson options Ontario property
The Hunter-Dickinson group has entered into an option agreement for a nickel/platinum-group-metal (PGM) prospect near Beardmore, Ont. The 167-claim Eva-Kitto property is held 50-50 by East West Resour…
Drilling buoys Geomaque
The final three holes of a 15-hole drill program are keeping Geomaque (GEO-T) optimistic at its Marathon palladium project in northern Ontario.The Toronto-based junior sank 3,000 metres to delineate a…
Trans Hex trenches Barra Grande
Toronto-based Trans Hex International (THI-V) will continue developing the Barra Grande diamond project in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state with the aid of US$1 million in financing from its South African …
Rockwell starts drilling at Pedra Branca
Vancouver — Rockwell Ventures (RCW-V) and its Denver-based partner, Solitario Resources (SLR-T), have commenced drilling at the Pedra Branca platinum-palladium-rhodium project in northeastern Brazil….