SKN eyes more ground near Boka (August 15, 2003)
Vancouver SKN Resources (SRL-V) has added 24.6 km of ground to its already impressive land holdings around Southw…
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Power outage puts Porcupine on hold
Vancouver A widespread power outage has forced partners Placer Dome (PDG-T) and Kinross Gold (K-T) to stop prod…
LionOre posts record profit (August 15, 2003)
Vancouver — The second quarter of 2003 proved to be a stellar one for LionOre Mining International (LIM-T). Th…
Kinross idles Lupin
Soaring costs have forced Kinross Gold (K-T) to suspend operations at its Lupin mine in Nunavut, 400 km northeast o…
Trading Summary (August 14, 2003)
Canada’s junior exchange ended the day higher with investors finding a renewed appetite for oil & gas related issue…
Trading Summary (August 13, 2003)
Toronto’s gold index managed to pick up just 0.23 of appoint to make 189.06 on Wednesday despite a US$3.30-per-oz.
Canico expands Onca-Puma project
Canico Resource (CNI-T) has boosted the inferred resource estimate for its Onca and Puma nickel laterite deposits i…
Rock Creek shaping up for NovaGold (August 13, 2003)
Vancouver — Novagold Resources (NRI-T) has tabled a positive scoping study of the Rock Creek project, near Nome, A…
Results keep PNWC bullish at River Valley
Vancouver — Harry Bar-led Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has tabled further encouraging drill results from its…
Glamis lowers gold output
Vancouver — A production shortfall at its flagship San Martin mine in Honduras resulted in relatively flat profits for Glamis Gold (GLG-T) in the second quarter.The Reno-based company posted net inco…
Soquem drops Clearwater back-in (August 11, 2003)
Quebec government-owned Soquem has waived its back-in right to regain a 25% stake in the Clearwater gold project, in the province’s northwestern region.Last March, Soquem granted an option on half of …
Northern Miner Indices (August 11, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T19.5%CamecoCCO-T3.1%FalconbridgeFL-T4.0%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.7%Glamis GoldGLG-T3.3%GoldcorpG-T5.4%IncoN-T9.0%Meridian GoldMNG-T…