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Funding for the responsible

What is true of the World Bank is also true generally of mining companies, and increasingly of the banks that finance the industry. Expectations about what mining companies must deliver have grown hugely. At a time of increasing competitiveness (d…




Taseko to restart Gibraltar

In return for 8 million shares valued at $22.2 million, Taseko Mines (TKO-V) will acquire all the issued and outstanding units of the Gibraltar Reclamation Trust Limited Partnership (GRTLP).


Sparton options Sierra Rosario

Sparton Resources (SRI-V) can earn a 51% interest in the Sierra Rosario gold-silver project in Mexico’s Sinaloa state.



Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 29, 2004)



Doe Run to close plant

Doe Run Co. intends to shut down its lead smelter in Herculaneum, Mo., for two weeks in late April/early May to replace ventilation ducts on its furnaces.


Tensions drive safe-haven investments

Vancouver — Terrorist retaliation fears against the U.S. over Israel’s shocking assassination of Hamas’s spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, helped fuel bond and bullion prices over the week ended March 23. The TSX Venture Exchange S&P composi…



Gold rockets as Hamas founder murdered

Continued geopolitical unrest during the March 17-23 report period saw the price of gold continue to rebound, climbing another US$13.50 to finish at US$416.25 per oz. in the afternoon in London on March 23. The TSX’s gold index responded by jumpin…


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