Rio Tinto drops Mogote
London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has decided to drop its option to earn up to a 70% interest in IMA Explorations’ (IMR-V) Mogote copper-gold property in Argentina’s San Juan province.The major had an op…
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War Eagle advances Mac tantalum property
Vancouver — War Eagle Mining (WEM-V) has released encouraging results from its Mac tantalum property in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories.The 45-sq.-km property features a tantalum…
Scrooge-like meanness grips TSE
EASTERN MARKETLast-minute selling before the Christmas holidays saw the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index fall 58.17 points over the Dec. 19-20 report period. The benchmark finished the shortened week …
CDNX gears up for new year
WESTERN MARKETVancouver — Canada’s junior exchange managed to post modest gains on heavy volume over the holiday-shortened period ended Dec. 21. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite index ended the s…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, DEC. 19-20
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Tiberon expands Nui Phao deposit (December 31, 2001)
Vancouver — Assay results from 11 stepout holes have expanded, to the east, west and south, the Nui Phao tungsten deposit in Vietnam. The property is in the country’s northern region, near Hanoi.Tibe…
Stock markets scrape bottom
TWENTY YEARS AGO/JANUARY 1982Anticipating an impending economic slump, stocks on all Canadian exchanges started reversing their long uptrend, ending 1981 sharply lower. In fact, the TSE suffered its t…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, DEC. 19-20
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Daily Metal Prices (December 31, 2001)
DateDec. 25Dec. 24Dec. 21Dec. 20Dec. 19Aluminiumnana1336.50/1350.501331/1346.501336/1357.50Al Alloynana1060/10911077/11001081/1115Coppernana1445.50/14691461/14851461/1486.50Leadn…
Golden Star expands Bogoso-Prestea
After further analysis of data, Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) has upped the combined resource estimate at its 90%-owned Bogoso-Prestea property in Ghana.Measured and indicated resources are now pegged…
Trading Summary (December 28, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange ended the holiday-shortened week up 24.42 points at 7,675.00 on Friday. The tech-heavy I…
Juniors eye Quebec diamond play
Vancouver — The discovery of two diamondiferous kimberlitic bodies in the Otish Mountains by Ashton Mining of Cana…