First Narrows proves up Golden Ridge (April 05, 2004)
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South Africans bid for South Pacific exposure (April 05, 2004)
South African gold producers
Producer and Dealer Prices (April 05, 2004)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,950/t.
LME Warehouse Levels (April 05, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 30 (change from March 23 in brackets):…
Exchange Rates (April 05, 2004)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
Miners lead US market
March 24-30 was a generally good reporting period for U.S. markets, but no more so than among the metal producers. Both major market indices advanced, with the Dow up 3.2% and the S&P 500 up 3%.
Mundoro, Stornoway among best bets: analyst
The following is the second in a series of articles on stock recommendations by a select group of mining analysts and newsletter writers who monitor the junior mining sector. This week, we hear from Jim Mustard, a Vancouver-based analyst with Hayw…
More gold at Boka (April 05, 2004)
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Norilsk takes South African foothold (April 05, 2004)
Russian miner
Consolidation, or not
After the great shakeout of the late 1990s, consolidation became a bit of a mantra among executives in the gold industry. There were really too many gold companies, the story went, and some merger and acquisition activity would tighten up that loo…
Keyhole mining
A prototype of the world’s first remotely operated “keyhole” underground mining and dredging system will be built later this year in an attempt to exploit precious metals deposits in water-logged, sandy environments such as river beds and undergro…
Flow-through gets extension
The recent federal budget extended, by one year, the Investment Tax Credit for Exploration in Canada (ITCE), also known as “super” flow-through shares. The buying period for shares eligible for the ITCE will end Dec. 31, 2005, 12 months longer tha…