BHP dismisses rumours of WMC bid
News reports of a pending bid for WMC Resources (WMC-N) by BHP Billiton (BHP-N) are “market speculation,” the compa…
BHP Billiton
Northern initiative generates targets for Diamonds North
Quadra’s copper con heads to Asia
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Base metals leave golds behind
U.S. stock markets were quiet during the report period Dec. 15-21, rising only slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.98 points to 10,759.43.
Lumina drills Regalito
Vancouver — Drilling by
Partners target Seal River
Nustar Resources (NTR-V) has identified some 30 new kimberlites targets on the Seal River project area in northern…
Intrepid picks up indicator minerals at Isurtuq
Overburden sampling by Intrepid Minerals (IAU-T) has revealed indicator minerals for sulphide deposits on the Isurt…
Quadra’s first concentrate headed for Asia
Vancouver – Quadra Mining (QUA-T) has shipped the first load of copper concentrate from its recently restarted Robi…
Miners take a smackdown
U.S. stock markets were little-changed over the report period Dec. 1-7, but the mining stocks fell sharply. The S&P 500 index, representative of the broad market, was up 3.25 points to 1,177.07, but the XAU gold and silver index fell about 6% in t…
Lumina Copper drilling advances Regalito
Vancouver — Its 2004 drill program now complete, Lumina Copper (LCC-T) is seeing results significantly expand zone…
Churchill kimberlite camp proves frustrating
Despite disappointing microdiamond results from a second year of drilling on the Churchill joint venture in eastern Nunavut,
Golds sag despite rising bullion
U.S. stock markets finished little-changed over the report period Nov. 17-23 despite a selloff on Nov. 19 following comments by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on how the U.S. current account deficit might depress the value of the greenbac…