Aquiline offered $100,000 to end suit
Vancouver — With the rising stakes at the Navidad property in Chubut province, Argentina,
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Renard 2 shows promising grade
With the latest batch of bulk-sample results in hand for Renard 2,
Douglas Ruttan
Doug Ruttan got to know Canada’s bush country in the most basic of ways: for 40 years he hiked and snow-shoed through it, camped in it, flew over it in bush planes, canoed, and boated across its many…
BHP Billiton’s profits soar
The report period ended Feb. 15 was punctuated by the world’s biggest mining company’s banking the world’s biggest mining profit. For the second half of 2004,
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Stronger gold rallies junior explorers
The recovery in gold prices triggered a trading surge in TSX-Venture board exploration companies. The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index closed at 1892.93 at the end of the Feb. 9-15 period, its high…
TSX thrives as golds rebound
The Toronto Stock Exchange continued 177.35 points higher to 9,570.03 during the Feb. 9-15 report period. Much of the increase is due to the miners, with the gold index rebounding to the tune of 11.2…
Africa and strawberry jam
I spent the summer of 1936 in Africa with Prof. Haultain, who taught mining engineering at the University of Toronto. It took 21 days to sail from New York City to Cape Town on a steamer….
Energy Metals expands its U.S. uranium holdings
Vancouver – Uranium hunter Energy Metals (EMC-V), previously Clan Resources, has set its sights on Wyoming by acqui…
Doyon drowns Cambior
A US$71.2-million writedown of the Doyon mine in Quebec overshadowed record gold production, and pushed Cambior (CB…
Cassidy extends Sanu Filanan zone to 850 metres
Vancouver – Cassidy Gold’s (CDY-V) latest round of drilling has extended the Sanu Filanan zone on its wholly-owned…
Inco sells 10 per cent of Goro to New Caledonia provinces
Inco (N-T,N,L) and the three provinces of New Caledonia have signed agreements for a 10% interest in Inco’s Goro US…