St. Jude cuts more gold at Benso (January 26, 2004)
Vancouver — St. Jude Resources (SJD-V) has released more encouraging drill results from the Benso concession in Gh…
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Pacific Minerals increases gold resource at 217 project
Vancouver — Pacific Minerals (PMZ-V) has tabled a new, independent resource estimate of its in-pit gold resource…
Diamond Fields’ shares sink
Shares in marine diamond miner Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) dove 15, or 25%, to 45 in early trading in To…
Aquiline revs its drills
Ongoing drilling by Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) continues to return encouraging grades form the Calcatreu gold-silve…
MEMS tackles enviro, social issues
The Mineral Economics and Management Society (MEMS) will tackle a range of technical, environmental, and social issues at its annual conference, slated for April 21-23 at the Ontario Club in Toronto.T…
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…
Freeport’s earnings plummet
The biggest disappointment for mining investors over the holiday-shortened period that ended Jan. 20 was the evaporation of quarterly earnings in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s latest report.A fourt…
AMF advances Kolwezi in DRC
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has given preliminary approval to America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) to develop the Kolwezi cobalt-copper tailings project in Katanga province.Final appr…
Long-term growth
The 4-year drought in mining commodity prices has been long enough that many people now have difficulty believing in the cyclical nature of the mining industry. However, I reckon what goes down must c…
Junior exchange follows gold trend (January 26, 2004)
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange managed to recover after a dip in the gold price late in the week ended Jan. 16 dragged the market down. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index lost 0.12 of…
Producer and Dealer Prices (January 26, 2004)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,330/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.95/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.62/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$23.50-29.50/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$1.1175/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$375/…
Sir Sam Jonah to address PDAC-CIM joint luncheon
Currently the chief executive of Ashanti Goldfields, Jonah will speak on the topic “Challenges to Building a First World Mining Company in Developing Africa.” The son of a construction company magnate…