Breakwater eyes Boliden’s Myra Falls
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) has agreed to acquire the Myra Falls zinc-copper mine on Vancouver Island from Swedish miner Boliden (BLS-T).Breakwater will issue 18 million shares plus 5 million warrant…
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Pivotal year for Ashton, Soquem in Quebec
A bulk-sampling drilling program is under way at the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec as Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and partner Soquem set about recovering a cumulative sample of at least…
Cape Town conference brings support from African politicians
Cape Town, South Africa — Improved commodity prices and easier mine financing made for an upbeat mood at the Indaba 2004 meeting, formally known as the Investing in African Mining Conference.Organize…
The Northern Miner Indices (February 23, 2004)
North American Mining: 111.00 (+2.71)Small Producers: 131.07 (+6.16)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Gold sparkles on Venture exchange
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its bull run during the week ended Feb. 17. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index closed at 1931.61, up 65.43 points, or 3.5%.Spider Resources an…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (February 23, 2004)
DateFeb. 17Feb. 16Feb. 13Feb. 12Feb. 11HighLowTSX Composite8767.108747.518694.468725.04…
Northern Miner Indices (February 23, 2004)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Exchange Rates (February 23, 2004)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateFeb. 17Feb. 16Feb. 13Feb. 12…
Trading Summary (February 20, 2004)
The Toronto Stock Exchange finished the week with a 57.16-point drop to 8,641.93 as only the health care and real e…
Metallica breaks ground at Cerro San Pedro (February 20, 2004)
Metallica Resources (MR-T) has begun building its Cerro San Pedro heap-leach gold-silver project in central Mexico.
IMA drilling expands Navidad
The latest batch of five holes continues to expand the Navidad silver discovery in the Patagonia region of Argent…
Mirabel Resources to acquire Rocmec International
Montreal-based junior explorer Mirabel Resources (RMB-V) plans to acquire privately owned Rocmec International. …