Aurizon grabs TVX’s Casa Berardi stake
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has acquired TVX Gold’s (TVX-T) residual interest in the Casa Berardi project in northwestern…
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Birim cashes up for Ghana drilling
Vancouver — Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has raised $500,000 through the exercise of 972,652 outstanding warrants at a…
Down from the summit
As he promised, Prime Minister Jean Chrtien kept the leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations on the message of African development. It was a great success, culminating with the summit’s …
Gold fever in BC, Part I
Since the first recorded discovery of lode gold at Mitchell Bay on the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1857, the yellow metal has been vitally important to the early development of British Columbia. Placer…
PGM markets undergo shifts: report
Last year, platinum group metals (PGM) markets continued to experience wild shifts in supply, demand, and price, a trend that is likely to continue, according to Platinum Group Metals Survey 2002. The…
Producer and Dealer Prices (July 08, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,425/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.00/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.30/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.75-7.70/lb.Copper: Comex Sept US$0.7625/lb.Indium: Ind…
PGM outlook good for rest of decade: Canaccord
In a recent report, Canaccord Capital mining analyst Roger Chaplin sits back and takes a look at the long-term prospects for platinum group metals and the major PGM mining stocks.He describes the PGM …
Base metals withstand US corporate scandal
Don’t panic.On the morning of Wednesday, June 26, in the wake of the latest example of gross U.S. corporate misgovernance, it would have taken a brave person to bet on base metals markets ending the w…
Lending Rates (July 08, 2002)
as of 4 pm ET, July 2, 2002(%)Bank of Canada2.75Canadian Prime4.25U.S. Discount1.25U.S. Prime4.75LIBOR US$ 3-month1.86LIBOR US$ 6-month1.96LIBOR US$ 1-year2.27Gold lease 3-month0.36Gold lease…
Spot Prices Wed. July 3, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$314.45-$10.15Silver$ 4.92+$0.07Platinum$531.00-…
Gold Funds (July 08, 2002)
Gold Funds as at June 27, 2002Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$23.64$5.82Price$17.50$6.57…
Camafuca wins final approval
Angola’s Council of Ministers has approved the operating agreement for the Camafuca diamond project, 20 km southwest of Lucapa in Lunda Norte province. The council also OKed the creation of Sociedade …