Placer Dome Inc

Osprey Gold — Jean-Jacques Treyvaud and Linda Kent appointed directors.

Bateman to design circuit…

Absolut — Harry Burgess appointed director; John Tarrant resigned as director.

Vancouver — Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has signed two more deals with Placer Dome (PDG-T) on gold properties in northern Nevada, one in the Cortez area and the other in the Carlin trend.

Adulis — Stephen Newton appointed president.

Atikwa Minerals — Ian Atkinson resigned as president but remains director; CFO Bradley Kipp adds the title of president.

Who’s going to take over Newcrest Mining? Is Consolidated Minerals going to absorb Portman?

Vancouver — An unnamed major international bank has offered $1 billion in the form of a loan toward financing development of the Cerro Casale porphyry gold-copper project in northern Chile.

The report period Aug. 12-24, saw the price of gold rise US$12.35 per oz. to finish at US$406.20 in the afternoon in London on Aug. 24. Gold fell more than US$4 on the final day of trading. The gold index was up 12 points to close at 193.61, and t…