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Gold rally will continue: GFMS
Gold Fields Mineral Services expects gold prices to continue rallying over the first half of the new year, perhaps surpassing US$450 per oz. before this period is out.That was among the predictions of…
All it took was a mining revival Go west, again
Vancouver’s Mineral Exploration Roundups have, for the past several years, been the most optimistic of the mineral industry’s get-togethers.Sometimes the optimism has grown out of a discovery — for e…
Suppliers Roundup (January 26, 2004)
JV to review Inco’s GoroInco has awarded a US$39.5-million contract to Foster Wheeler and SNC-Lavalin, which will jointly review the Goro nickel-laterite project in New Caledonia.The 50-50 joint ventu…
Bacon at meeting
Gordon Bacon, vice-president of technology and engineering with Inco, will talk about hydrometallurgy for Voisey’s Bay concentrates at the next meeting of the the Minerals Economics Society Discussion…
Development projects look good for Coeur d’Alene
Silver major Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) is enjoying better-then-expected results from ongoing feasibility studies at its San Bartolome silver project in southern Bolivia and Kensington gold project i…
Anatolia buys 100% of Turkish find
Ilic, Turkey — It’s the Tom Prices, Escondidas and Grasbergs of tomorrow that Rio Tinto (RTP-N) is looking for — large, long-life, low-cost assets that have a material impact. At an estimated resour…
Agnico-Eagle’s costs rise as output falls (January 26, 2004)
Higher byproduct credits for copper, zinc and silver resulted in lower-than-expected costs in the fourth quarter at the LaRonde gold mine in northwestern Quebec.The news comes as owner Agnico-Eagle Mi…
Technical Program (January 26, 2004)
Following last year’s record-breaking attendance and positive indicators for exploration and mining finance in all of the mineral commodities today, the PDAC Convention in 2004 will present a technica…
A message from Toronto Mayor David Miller
It is with great pleasure that I welcome the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s 72nd Annual International Convention Trade Show & Investors Exchange to Toronto. Several hundred years a…
Exchange Rates (January 26, 2004)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJan. 20Jan. 19Jan. 16Jan. 15Jan. 14US$ in C$1.28621.30211.29781.2…
PDAC Welcomes Canaccord Capital as a Platinum Sponsor
PDAC is proud to have Canaccord Capital as a Platinum Sponsor at this convention. Founded in 1950, Canaccord Capital is Canada’s largest independent investment firm. Specializing in small, mid and lar…