Andean American expands in Peru (July 29, 2002)
Vancouver — Andean American Mining (AAG-V) reports that exploration is in full swing at its recently expanded Santa Rosa property in southern Peru.An L-shaped trench was recently dug 650 metres north…
2002
Afri-Can boosts Block J stake (July 29, 2002)
Junior Afri-Can Marine Minerals (AFA-V) has increased its stake in the Block J marine concession in Namibia to 60% from 50% by paying $125,000 to Woduna Mining Holding. Consequently, Woduna now holds …
Placer high on Howards Pass
Exploration is planned for the high-grade Central zone on the Howards Pass lead-zinc prospect of Canex Placer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Placer Development, on the border of the Yukon and Northwest…
Exchange Rates (July 29, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJuly 23July 22July 19July 18July 17US$ in C$1.57851.55601.53851.5…
Dines advises loading up on golds and silvers
One of the small lessons learned by new investors is that those experts who glibly say “you can’t time the market” are usually the ones who are just not very good at it.One proven master of market tim…
Anglo bids farewell to Kolwezi (July 29, 2002)
Anglo American (AAUK-Q) has decided to sell its half-interest in Congo Mineral Developments (CMD), the joint venture with America Mineral Fields that holds a 60% interest in the Kolwezi copper-cobalt …
NAME CHANGES (July 29, 2002)
Harambee Mining (HAB-V) has changed its name to Neur Kapital (NEU-V) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.Consolidated Magna (CMV-V) has changed its name to Skinny Technologies…
Gold Funds (July 29, 2002)
Gold Funds as at July 18, 2002Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$22.46$6.02Price$17.06$6.75…
Crew gets nod for Nalunaq financing (July 29, 2002)
Vancouver — With US$8 million in hand from a recently approved credit facility arranged with Standard Bank London, Crew Development (CRU-T) is advancing its Nalunaq gold deposit in southern Greenland…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (July 29, 2002)
DateJuly 23July 22July 19July 18July 17HighLowTSX Composite6161.086366.676535.446715.356699.66…
Trading Summary (July 26, 2002)
A late-day recovery left the Toronto Stock Exchange slightly higher on Friday. The TSX Composite index picked up 31…
Silver Standard inks Challacollo option (July 26, 2002)
Vancouver — The results from a due diligence drill program has prompted Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) to keep…