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53.48 (-0.57)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$272.80-$2.50Silver$ 4.88-$0.07…

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While De Beers Consolidated Mines’ (DBRSY-Q) successful $5-per-share bid for Winspear Diamonds signalled a desperate wish to secure Canadian diamond production, its bid for Australia’s Ashton Mining s…

The Dow Jones industrial average turned in another slow week, falling 27.38 points (0.2%) to close at 11,233.23 for the report period ended Sept. 12.Spot gold on the Comex division of the New York Mer…

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T22.7ComincoCLT-T3.8FalconbridgeFL-T7.0Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.8Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.7Homestake MiningHM-N5….

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,750/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$14.20-16.00/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.9205/lb.Indium: I…

Junior Berland Resources (BNL-V) has closed a brokered $350,000 private placement financing with Yorkton Securities to finance exploration at properties in Ontario and Manitoba.Berland will immediatel…

Though it remains in the red, Miramar Mining (MAE-T) reports that increased production at the Con and Giant mines in Yellowknife has strengthened its bottom line. Moreover, the company expects lower o…

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A summer drill program has expanded the newly discovered Libdorado gold zone and potentially added to the existing resource base at the Samira Hill/Libiri project in Niger, West Africa.Partners Etrusc…

After more than a century of production, the venerable Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, will cease mining and milling operations at the end of 2001.The decision to close America’s oldest gol…