Kirkland Lake cuts porphyry south of Main Break
Underground drilling by Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-T) has turned up three new gold prospects at the Macassa mine in northern Ontario. All lie south of the 4700 level and were cut by hole 47-994B.The firs…
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TNM launches online job board
The Northern Miner has launched an online job board exclusive to the mining industry. The website, northernminerjobs.com, promises to match job seekers with companies looking for personnel.Job seekers…
GlobeStar eyes $5m for Maimon
GlobeStar Mining (GMI-V) has inked a deal with Canaccord Capital and Dundee Securities to raise $5 million for its advanced Cerro de Maimon copper-gold project in the Dominican Republic.Under the deal…
That Old Economy feeling
A funny little application on the Internet lets you roll your cursor arrow over a graph; as you do that, four caricature figures, meant to be economists, follow your every move.The point of the joke i…
Daily Metal Prices (November 17, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 11Nov. 10Nov. 7Nov. 6Nov. 5Nov. 4Al Alloy…
TSE slides as precious metals fly
Except for the last day, buyers outpaced sellers over the Nov. 5-11 report period, but not enough to overcome last minute profit-taking. The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index finished the period …
Western markets coast on previous gains
The venture markets took a breather during the report period Nov. 5-11, with the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index rising a modest 11.13 points to finish at 1,602.48.Probe Mines made the bigges…
Miners stage retreat
After running up in mid-week action, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the Nov. 5-11 report period 83.04 points lower at 9,737.79, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index shed 5.24 points to make …
Mustang expands Bannockburn showing (November 14, 2003)
Continued chip and grab sampling by Mustang Minerals (MUM-V) have returned more high-grade nickel values from the B…
Trading Summary (November 14, 2003)
With gold testing the US$400-an-oz. marker, Toronto’s gold index rose 2.6 points to 218.2 on Friday. The yellow met…
Appeal court upholds Troilus award
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Homestake Canada, a subsidiary of Barrick Gold (ABX…
Etruscan samples Malian anomaly
Nova Scotia-based Etruscan Resources (EET-T) has begun a program of soil and auger drilling over a regional gold-in…