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The Lac des les mine, near Thunder Bay, Ont., produced 20,000 oz. more palladium in 2004 than in 2003.

Vancouver — The estimated size of the resource at Inca Pacific Resources‘ (IPR-V) Magistral copper-molybdenum deposit in northwestern Peru has increased by 20%.

Infill drilling by Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) has extended the higher-grade portion of the Salave deposit in northern Spain some 50 metres to the northwest. Hole 42 cut 15.3 metres grading 10.8 grams gold per tonne, beginning…

Vancouver — Tyler Resources (TYS-V) reports mixed initial results from the second phase of drilling on the Bahuerachi copper project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.

Vancouver — Lake Shore Gold (LSG-V) has acquired all the shares of Holmer Gold Mines (HGM-V) through a merger.

Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T), BHP Billiton Diamonds (BHP-N) and Hunter Exploration Group have discovered diamonds in all five of the kimberlites they sampled in 2004. The pipes are on the Aviat property in Nunavu…

Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V) has outlined gold geochemical anomalies at its Red Lake Extension property, 10 km southeast of the Red Lake mine in northern Ontario.

Results from initial, independent sampling at Dianor‘s (DOR-V) new Leadbetter diamond property, near Wawa, Ont., are confirming the presence of diamonds and even suggesting the presence of a very large, near-surface diamond-mine…

Vancouver — An internal resource estimate suggests less tonnage but higher grades for the Kutcho Creek polymetallic project in north-central British Columbia.

First Nickel (FNI-T) has intersected significant nickel at its Dundonald property, 60 km east of Timmins, Ont.

IMA Exploration (IMR-V) is encouraged by results from channel sampling at the Navidad silver project in Argentina’s Patagonia region.