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Cordillera sparkles with mineral potential

Vancouver — For more than a dozen years, British Columbia has closed more mines than it has opened, and if this trend continues, only one metal mine and a few coal mines could be left operating by 2014. With stronger commodity prices and easier a…


Aerial view of the portal at Beaver Brook in 1996.

VVC catches Beaver Brook fever

Having closed its $17-million purchase of the mothballed, underground Beaver Brook antimony mine in central Newfoundland, VVC Exploration (VVC-V) is preparing to resume commercial mining on The Rock before the end of the year.


Workers carry off freshly poured gold bars at Kinross Gold's Kubaka mine in Russia's Far East.

Murenbeeld still bullish on gold

Gold guru Martin Murenbeeld of Victoria, B.C.-based M. Murenbeeld & Associates sees the price of gold continuing to appreciate in the coming years, powered in large part by governments’ choosing to reflate their way out of debt.



Base metals buoyed by manufacturing gains; Shakespeare

The most recent U.S. industrial production data showed a solid gain in the fourth quarter of 2003, led by a 1% jump in manufacturing output. The gains were boad-based, spreading across almost all manufacturing output categories. The February stren…






Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (April 26, 2004)


The ball mill at the Eagle River gold mine near Wawa, Ont.

River Gold eyes higher gold price in Canadian dollars

On the surface, River Gold Mines (RIV-T) is an unappealing story. Despite a robust gold price, the domestic producer lost nearly $1 million in 2003, the victim of a higher Canadian dollar and increasing costs. “Unforeseen challe…


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