Placer eyes promise of Nfld.
A recently inked deal between Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) and Placer Dome (PDG-T) allows the major to earn up to a 70%…
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Trading Summary (September 03, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange saw its TSX Composite index rise 13.56 points on Wednesday, closing at 7,580.36 in fairl…
QGX soars in Mongolia (September 03, 2003)
Shares in junior gold explorer QGX (QGX-V) rocketed to an all-time high following the latest batch of exploration r…
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…
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…
Northern Star proves up Midway project
Vancouver — Encouraging drill results from its Midway gold property, west of Val d’Or, Que., have prompted Northern Star Mining (NSM-V) to acquire another 688 acres.Dubbed Cadillac, the new property …