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BLM raises claims fees
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is increasing mining claim fees, which by law must be adjusted for inflation based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index.
New deal at Stillwater (July 12, 2004)
A tentative labour agreement has been reached, ending three months of collective bargaining by representatives of Stillwater Mining and the Local 8-0001, a unit of the Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) International unio…
Obituaries (July 12, 2004)
John Patrick O’Keefe…
People (July 12, 2004)
Bema drills Kupol (July 12, 2004)
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LME Warehouse Levels (July 12, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 5 (change from June 28 in brackets):…
Daily Metal Prices (July 12, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Fed raises rates
The June 29-July 5 trading period was quiet, owing to the July 4th celebrations, which closed the markets on Monday, July 5. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 74.26 points to 10,282.38 while the S&P 500 index slipped 7.97 points to 1,125.38…
Juniors struggle as gold falls below US$400
The gold price moved below US$400 per oz. and toward the US$390-per-oz. level near the end of the holiday-shortened June 29-July 6 period, closing at US$394.50 in New York. The TSX Venture Exchange composite index closed down slightly, losing 11 p…
Soho focuses on large scale potential at Tahuehueto
Vancouver Underground sampling results on Soho Resources’ (SOH-V) Tahuehueto project shows strong gold, silver, l…
SpectrumGold shareholders approve NovaGold’s offer
Vancouver – Shareholders of SpectrumGold (SGX-T) have given the company an overwhelming thumbs-up to the proposed b…