2004

A bankable feasibility study of the Bouroum gold deposit in Burkina Faso has been completed, and Axmin (AXM-V) wants it all.

Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has received encouraging results from 14 holes drilled in an ongoing program at its Thorne gold property in Timmins, Ont.

Falconbridge (FL-T) has claimed a force majeure at its Kidd Creek copper smelter in Timmins, Ont.

The TSX Venture Exchange lost another 25 points during the trading period May 12-18 to close at 1,533.94, representing the sixth consecutive weekly decline for the exchange.

Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) has merged its land holdings in the eastern Arctic of Nunavut with those of BHP Billiton (BHP-N) to form a joint venture covering more than 7 million acres (28,300 sq. km) arou…

Vancouver — The board of Hecla Mining (HL-N) has approved a US$30-million plan to develop Mina Isidora, a gold deposit on the company’s Block B lease in the El Callao district of eastern Venezuela.

Donner Minerals — Ken Thorsen appointed director.

Vancouver — Drilling by Miramar Mining (MAE-T) has expanded the gold resource at the Hope Bay project in Nunavut.

Although grades are being hampered by the processing of mud-rich kimberlite material surrounding the A-154 South orebody, the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories is operating at levels comfortably ahead of design capacity rates of 1.5 million…