Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 03, 2003)
DateOct. 27Oct. 24Oct. 23Oct. 22Oct. 21HighLowTSX Composite7664.197614.407560.207711.24…
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Daily Metal Prices (November 03, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateOct. 27Oct. 24Oct. 23Oct. 22Oct. 21Al Alloy1390/140…
People (November 03, 2003)
Tan Range — Rosalind Morrow and Ulrich Rath appointed directors.Titanium Metals — Gary Hutchison appointed director.Glencairn — Robert Byrd appointed head of Nicaraguan operations.
Hatch engineer wins Sherritt award
An engineer with Mississauga, Ont.-based Hatch has won the 2003 Sherritt Hydrometallurgy Award, presented by the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.Kev…
Greenland to get its first gold mine
London-based Crew Development (CRU-T) is just months away from opening its high-grade Nalunaq mine, which will rank as Greenland’s first-ever gold mine and the first new mine on the island in 25 years…
Producer and Dealer Prices (November 03, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,100/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.05/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.65/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$10.00-11.10/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.904/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$180/k…
Band-Ore cuts more gold at Thorne (November 03, 2003)
Ongoing drilling at the Thorne gold property in Timmins, Ont., has returned encouraging results to Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T).The junior explorer has sunk seven more holes in the No. 7 zone, discovery…
Goldcorp cashes in on gold rally
Higher gold prices and a slew of encouraging earnings reports augured well for Canadian producers over the Oct. 21-28 report period. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold sub-group climbed 10.71 points to…
DRD gains 20% of Porgera
South African-based Durban Roodepoort Deep (DROOY-Q) has agreed to acquire Australian-listed Oil Search’s 20% interest in the 760,000-oz.-per-year Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea, for US$73.8 mi…
Canadian Zinc wades into Prairie Creek
Stronger demand for its shares could see Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) raise enough funds to complete a feasibility study at the historic Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver project in the Northwest Territories.Al…
Exchange Rates (November 03, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateOct. 27Oct. 24Oct. 23Oct. 22Oct. 21US$ in C$…
Aurelian samples high grade at Condor (November 03, 2003)
Vancouver — Sampling at the Condor gold project in southeastern Ecuador has produced some eyebrow-raising assay results.Aurelian Resources (ARU-V) has been sampling and mapping the Aguas Mesas Sur 3 …