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Armed with new geochemical data, junior Aquest Minerals (AQU-V) is ready to drill-test three gold-in-soil anomalies on the Anabella gold property in Guatemala.Covering an area measuring 1 km by 175 me…

In a technological age that promises to miniaturize everything from motors to computer chips, nickel is expected to play an increasingly important role. The emerging field of micro-electro-mechanical …

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Stronger showings by the utilities and high-tech sectors and a lessening of inflationary fears south of the border combined to push the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index 226.56 points higher during the…

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Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,105/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.65/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.21/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$15.65-17.00/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.8015/lb.Indium: I…

Monopros, the Canadian exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), has discovered a kimberlite pipe on Rhonda Mining’s (RDM-V) wholly-owned Epworth property, 75 km south of Coronation Gu…

Having acquired the entire Hope Bay greenstone belt, 685 km northeast of here, in Nunavut, equal partners Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Cambiex Exploration (CBX-T) are setting their sites on developing t…

An independent evaluation of a potential bulk-tonnage target in the Cow Mountain area of the Cariboo gold property, near Wells, B.C., not only concludes that the mineral inventory is about half as lar…

Diamond International Industries (DMD-V) has changed its name to Vault Systems (VSY-V) on a 1-new-for-8-old-share basis.

Cugold Ventures (CVN-V) has changed its name to Firestone Ventures (FV-V) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.

Last year, Zimbabwe’s defence minister, Moven Mahachi, described military involvement in mining ventures as “a noble option” that would allow his government and the government of the Democratic Republ…