Commodities shine in U.S.
Oil and gas, gold, copper, and fixed-price commodities such as coal have all enjoyed rallies of late, but trading activity was a mixed bag on U.S. markets over the report period Sept. 20-26, with gold…
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Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (October 03, 2005)
Close: Sept. 23, 2005…
Miners look to Latin America
Arequipa, Peru — Oscar Gonzalez, chief executive of
Risk and project financing: Making the successful connection
Mining companies must be the consummate risk-takers….
Codelco facing tough decisions
Santiago, Chile — These are good times for Chile’s national copper company
Renaissance of the Athabasca basin
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the first major, high-grade uranium discoveries of the 1960s in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, a unique resurgence is taking place….
Commander hits high-grade at new Baffin Island gold zone (October 03, 2005)
Vancouver — Drilling by
Exchange Rates (October 03, 2005)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
Crystallex rides out hurricane Hugo
Shares in
Boleo economics meet hurdle (October 03, 2005)
A preliminary economic study on the Boleo base metal deposit in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico, shows the project is attractive enough to justify a final feasibility study….
Falconbridge extinguishes Xstrata’s creeping takeover (October 03, 2005)
Facing a possible creeping takeover by Swiss-based miner
Stars align for Equinox
Timing is never everything in mining, but it is essential for success….