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Vancouver — Drilling at Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM-V) Elandsfontein property in South Africa has intercepted the UG-2 platinum reef at shallow depths.Four drill holes cut the reef at depths of less …

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T19.5%CamecoCCO-T3.1%FalconbridgeFL-T4.0%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.7%Glamis GoldGLG-T3.3%GoldcorpG-T5.4%IncoN-T9.0%Meridian GoldMNG-T…

The biggest global mining story of the report period was the complex deal involving Brazilian iron ore giant Cia Vale do Rio Doce’s (CVRD) and Japan’s no. 2 trading house, Mitsui.Mitsui winds up spend…

Shell-shocked investors stripped another 49.49 points off the S&P/TSX composite index over the March 26-April 1 report period as the war in Iraq dragged on. The benchmark finished the period at 6,335….

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange earned back some of last week’s losses as American and British forces moved closer to Baghdad during the week ended April 1. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composit…

Vancouver — Drilling is under way at the Assean Lake gold project in northern Manitoba.International Curator Resources (IC-T) has completed 24 holes, or 2,900 metres, to date, and assay results are p…