Mequillon deposit improves with drilling (December 29, 2004)
Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) is continuing to hit significant nickel, copper and platinum-group-element-bearing sulph…
News
APAC plans merger with merchant bank
Vancouver – APAC Minerals (APC-T) plans to merge with Toronto-based Golden China Inc., a private merchant bank spon…
VVC raises funds, buys Chinese gold mine (December 29, 2004)
Junior VVC Exploration (VVC-V) has completed a half-million-dollar financing and bought half of a small underground…
BHP dismisses rumours of WMC bid
News reports of a pending bid for WMC Resources (WMC-N) by BHP Billiton (BHP-N) are “market speculation,” the compa…
Western Troy ready to drill at Macleod Lake
Following induced polarization (IP) surveys at its Macleod Lake property in north-central Quebec, Western Troy Capi…
Two kidnapped in Peru
The news is sketchy, but a journalist who has been a proponent for mining investment in rural Peru has been beaten,…
Underground work begins at legendary Sunshine mine
Vancouver — Rehabilitation of the underground tunnel is Sterling Mining’s (SRLM-O) first move towards redeveloping…
Exchange Rates (December 27, 2004)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
LME Warehouse Levels (December 27, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 21 (change from Dec. 14 in brackets):…
People (December 27, 2004)
Dianor joins Leadbetter in Wawa diamond camp
The Wawa diamond exploration camp in northern Ontario has a new player and may be entering a new phase of its development with the arrival of junior
Letters to the Editor (December 27, 2004)
China ban not unlike situation in West…