Exchange Rates (May 23, 2005)
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Strong fundamentals for zinc, lead
METALS COMMENTARY…
LionOre earnings drop on weather woes
Vancouver — Despite a strong operating performance in Australia,
Daily Metal Prices (May 23, 2005)
Daily Metal Prices…
Shares fall on lacklustre results
U.S. stock markets ended lower over the May 10-16 period. The S&P 500 index fell 43.15 points to close at 1,165.69 points, while the Dow Jones industrial average fell 132.05 points to 10,252.29….
Diamond Fields sheds royalty burden
Vancouver — Agreements are in place for
Pacifica to shell out $10m for Howards Pass
Vancouver —
Junior board drifts yet lower
Gold’s slide to a 3-month low precipitated a further drop in the heavily-junior-mining-weighted S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index. The index fell 99.66 points to close at nearly an 8-month low of 15…
Montanore permitting gets schedule (May 23, 2005)
The U.S. Forest Service and Montana state officials have set out a timeline for permitting of the Montanore silver-copper project, allowing 14 months for approvals….
Goldcorp bid eats into Glamis’s profit
Vancouver — Although the new El Sauzal mine in Mexico enabled
Aur cuts long intersections at La Verde
A generally good quarter at
Jacobina returns to production by going big
Jacobina, Brazil — In the Candombl beliefs of Bahia, the goddess Nan represents both death and rebirth. It’s unlikely she handled the fate of the Jacobina mine personally, since Jacobina’s rebirth,…