Trading Summary (September 09, 2003)
A US$6.60-per-oz. rise in the price of gold to US$381.50 per oz. saw Toronto’s gold index rebound to the tune of 2.
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Outokumpu takes control in Boliden reorganization
Scandinavian metal producers Outokumpu and Boliden (BLS-T) have announced plans for an asset swap that will move al…
Bema Gold extends Kupol
Vancouver Impressive drill results continue to roll in from the Kupol gold property in Russia’s Far East region….
Trading Summary (September 08, 2003)
A 4.5% rise by the information technology subindex nearly single-handedly kept the Toronto Stock Exchange out of th…
Boka drilling pulls up more gold (September 08, 2003)
Continued drilling by Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) at the Boka gold project in Yunnan province, China, has return…
West Raglan yields good nickel grades (September 08, 2003)
Vancouver The promise of additional nickel-copper discoveries in the Raglan belt of northern Quebec got a shot in…
Editorial Cartoon (September 08, 2003)
Dunkle, the apprentice
The following is the first of two excerpts from Wesley Earl Dunkle: Alaska’s Flying Miner, recently published by Boulder-based University Press of Colorado. The 274-page book was written by Charles Ca…
The Northern Miner Indices (September 08, 2003)
North American Mining: 88.01 (+1.76)Small Producers: 92.08 (+4.39)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
First Quantum scrapes by in Q2
Tax credits enabled First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) to overcome a net operating loss and record a small profit for the second quarter.Net earnings totalled US$64,000 in the three months ended June 30, c…
Committee Bay yields high-grade gold (September 08, 2003)
Vancouver — A 1,477-metre drill program by partners Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) has returned impressive values from the Three Bluffs zone on the Committee Bay gold project…
First Narrows busy in New Brunswick
After topping up its coffers with a recent $829,000 financing, First Narrows Resources (UNO-V) has focused its efforts on exploring its three New Brunswick properties — Chester, Middle River and Gold…