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Exercise program good for gold company execs
The recovery of gold equities allowed various gold company executives to cash in on low-priced stock options in the past month. Insider trading transactions reported in the April 2004 issue of the OSC Bulletin include the following:…
The Northern Miner Indices (May 24, 2004)
North American Mining: 94.36 (+1.23)…
Spot Prices Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Courtesy of Scotiabank
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A week of highs and lows
The week of May 12-May 18 saw a lot of ups and downs on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The spot price for gold in London on the afternoon of May 18 closed at US$377.70 per oz., up US$2.45 from the previous week. The S&P-TSX composite index closed on…
Teck back at Pogo
An agreement with the Northern Alaska Environmental Center (NAEC) has allowed construction to resume at
Axmin to expand stake in Bouroum
A bankable feasibility study of the Bouroum gold deposit in Burkina Faso has been completed, and
Band-Ore lands more gold (May 24, 2004)
Force majeure at Kidd
Gold glitters after glum week
The TSX Venture Exchange lost another 25 points during the trading period May 12-18 to close at 1,533.94, representing the sixth consecutive weekly decline for the exchange.
Bolivian unions take up arms
Unions in Bolivia are taking up arms in an effort to ward off swarms of jobless miners occupying three tin-zinc deposits.
Dimmell new PDAC president
Former Noranda geologist Peter Dimmell is the new president of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada.