Constellation cuts Cashin copper (March 02, 2004)
Fan drilling to define the western margin of the Cashin deposit in Colorado has returned some wide swaths of encour…
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Southern Rio cuts gold at 3Ts project (March 02, 2004)
Vancouver — Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) has tabled encouraging assay results following exploration drilling on…
Pathfinder to drill-test Zulema
A 2,000-metre drilling program will test geophysical and other targets identified by Pathfinder Resources (PHR-V) a…
Trading Summary TSX – Venture
Vancouver Canada’s junior exchange started the week off on a bullish note as advancing stocks beat declining stoc…
Trading Summary (March 01, 2004)
Canada’s diversified mining crowd stole the show on Monday jumping 8.94 points, or nearly 4%, to end at 239.73. The…
Falco’s non-production staff ratifies new deal
Falconbridge (FL-T) has avoided another strike at its Sudbury operations by inking some 220 unionized office, cleri…
Olympus boosts Phuoc Son stake
Shares in Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-V) dropped nearly 10% in early trading in Vancouver on Mar. 1, after the co…
Fronteer to raise $6.0 million
Vancouver — Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) intends to raise $6 million through a private placement financing.
BHP signs Chinese steel deal
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has inked a US$9-billion deal to annually ship some 12 million tonnes o…
De Beers sees Canada as shining light
Overall, 2003 proved to be a good year for the De Beers group of companies and the diamond industry as a whole.Rough diamond sales of US$5.52 billion by the Diamond Trading Co. (DTC), De Beers’ market…
Editorial Cartoon (March 01, 2004)
Copper, nickel prices robust; zinc firm but hesitant
We expect base metal prices to continue to perform strongly over the near term, even though we have already seen multi-year highs. We also believe the rising price cycle will turn after this year.In t…