Minco drills Gobi project (September 03, 2003)
Vancouver — Minco Mining and Metals (MMM-V) recently kicked off a drill program on its Gobi gold project and conti…
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Cross Lake targets IP anomaly
An induced polarization survey has outlined what may be a new gold zone at the QR Mine property in British Columbia…
Trading Summary (September 02, 2003)
A US$2.50-per-oz. drop by gold to US$372.80 per oz. in New York sent Toronto’s gold index 3.65 points, or 1.8% of v…
Committee Bay yields high-grade gold (September 02, 2003)
Vancouver A 1,477-metre drill program by partners Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) has ret…
Corriente cuts new copper at Mirador (September 02, 2003)
Drilling by Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) has cut a new zone of high-grade copper mineralization about 3 km to the no…
BHP boosts profit
Vancouver – Despite a drop in sales, Australia-based BHP Billiton (BHP-N) saw profits rise to US$1.9 billion, or US…
Pechiney snubs Alcan sweetener (September 02, 2003)
Alcan (AL-T) has taken a sweetened takeover bid for Pechiney off the table after the French rival roundly rejected…
Roca Mines drill-tests BC prospect
Bob Quinn, B.C. — With the drilling season winding down in in the mountainous Iskut district of northwestern British Columbia, newly minted Roca Mines (ROK-V) is wasting no time in testing for gold-r…
Andean aims for higher output at Santa Rosa
Vancouver — Junior producer Andean American (AAG-V) is stepping up efforts to expand production and lower operating costs at its Santa Rosa gold mine in Peru.The mine is at the southern end of the so…
Editorial Cartoon (September 01, 2003)
The Northern Miner Indices (September 01, 2003)
North American Mining: 86.25 (-1.34)Small Producers: 87.69 (-1.09)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Site visit: How do they do it? Volume, volume, volume
Chibougamau, Que. — When Franois Fleury, the general manager of the Troilus gold mine, praised the “ingenuity and tenacity” of the Troilus workforce, he had good reason to mean it. The mine, two hou…