Fifty Years Ago / May 1954
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Copper miners strike in Peru
About 1,350 workers at two mines operated by Southern Peru Copper, the country’s biggest copper miner, walked off the job for 48 hours in an effort to gain higher wages and an end to out-sourcing.
Bulk sampling bonanza at Batato (May 07, 2004)
Bulk sampling of the Tarale 1000 and Tarale 11 structures on Sur American Gold’s (SUR-V) Comval gold project, is re…
OntZinc cuts new zone at Balmat
OntZinc’s (OTZ-V) first exploration drill hole into the Northeast Fowler Trend has cut a 2.8-metre interval averagi…
More high grade at Island Gold
Patricia Mining (PAT-V) has hit high-grade gold at depth on the Island project, 125 km southeast of Hemlo, Ont….
New gold zone on Essakan property
Results continue to expand the resource at the Essakan property in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Orezone Resources (OZ…
Trading Summary (May 07, 2004)
Toronto’s gold stocks plummeted 9.97 points, or 5.3%, to end Friday’s trading session at 177.79, its lowest since l…
Teck resumes Pogo construction
An agreement with the Northern Alaska Environmental Center (NAEC) has cleared the way for construction to resume at…
Beaufield climbs on Rouleau results (May 06, 2004)
Shares in Ottawa-based Beaufield Consolidated Resources (BFD-V) shot up 2.5, or nearly 14%, to 21 in early tradin…
Defiance cuts Tasiast high-grade at depth
Reverse-circulation drilling has cut some high-grade intersections beneath the Piment Central deposit on Defiance M…
Trading Summary (May 06, 2004)
Toronto’s mining stocks led the broader market south on Thursday, as the golds dropped 5.43 points, or 2.8%, to 187…
Western Silver hits hot hole at Peasco (May 05, 2004)
Recent drilling by Western Silver (WTC-T) has returned a wide swath of high-grade gold mineralization from the Pea…