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Conquest gains CDNX listing

Conquest Resources will test its mettle on the Canadian Venture Exchange under the new symbol yqr.The Toronto-based junior holds gold exploration properties in Zimbabwe and Tanzania, as well as intere…


Sulliden drilling at Mario

Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) has begun a 7-hole, 800-metre drilling campaign on the Mario base metal property in the Peruvian department of Junin, some 50 km southwest of Huancayo.The new holes will t…


Los Frailes expansion on hold

Continued losses at the Los Frailes zinc-lead mine in southwestern Spain have forced Boliden (BOL-T) to apply for court protection for operating subsidiary Boliden Apirsa.Apirsa, which had been losing…


Great Basin expands Ivanhoe (October 09, 2000)

Hunter-Dickenson-led Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) continues to delineate high-grade gold and silver vein systems at its wholly owned Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Four drill rigs are delineati…


EVENTS (October 09, 2000)

Oct. 23-Nov. 11 How to Grade Rough Diamonds — Short course. Organizers: Vancouver Community College, Gemmological Institute of America. Vancouver, B.C. Contact Donna Hawrelko. Tel: (604) 926-2599. E-…


Gutnick eyes St Andrew

First it was Canadian diamonds that caught the eye of Joseph Gutnick. Now, assuming all goes as planned, the Australian mining magnate is poised to become chairman of St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T), a j…


Rex uncovers pipe

Vancouver — Belgium-based Rex Diamond Mining (RXD-T) has discovered a new kimberlite on a wholly owned permit east of Tenoumer in Mauritania, West Africa.The body was discovered as a result of pittin…


Gold prices remain stuck in low gear

Delegates attending a Toronto gold seminar organized by Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS) were told that prices are not likely to break the US$300-per-oz. barrier during the remainder of this year.P…


Toronto market catches breath

Settling down after its gyrations in recent weeks, the Toronto Stock Exchange closed a little lower during the report period Sept. 27 to Oct. 3. The TSE 300 composite index fell only 22.24 points over…


CDNX starts fourth quarter on downtrend

Canada’s junior exchange posted mixed results as the mining and oil and gas indices ended the week in positive territory, while the tech index slipped into the red. The Canadian Venture Exchange compo…


Silver wires kill prostate tumours

More than 38,000 cancer patients will be treated this year using silver-bearing prostate seed implants, according to Princeton, N.J.-based Nycomed Amersham Imaging, which makes a brand of the cancer-f…


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