News

as of 4 pm ET, Apr. 6, 2004(%)…

Topping the percentage gainer list over the report period ended April 6 was Arizona-based Nord Resources, which rocketed 40% to US35 on 170,000 shares traded on the pink sheets.

The mill at the Ok Tedi copper-gold mine in northwestern Papua New Guinea is back to full capacity following a 2-month shutdown of one of its grinding circuits.

Congolese President Joseph Kabila has approved a deal under which American Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) can acquire the Kolwezi copper-cobalt tailings project in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Canadian mineral exploration companies have historically thought of Latin America as their turf. It was the juniors of Vancouver and Toronto that made many of the discoveries there that are today productive mines.

Dynatec stays at Red Lake…

Bruce Alway, a precious metals analyst with Gold Fields Mineral Services, will discuss Gold Survey 2004 on April 16 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto.

Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) reports encouraging results following drilling of a gold-in-soil anomaly on the Prestea mining lease in Ghana.

Inco boasts record earnings…

Underground drilling by OntZinc (OTZ-V) at the Balmat zinc mine in upstate New York has confirmed extensions of known mineralization.

Following months of negotiations, Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) has agreed on terms with Harry Winston and acquired a 51% controlling interest in the renowned retail diamond jeweler.