2004

Rio Narcea Gold Mines () says lower stripping costs helped boost cash flow by almost 40% to more than US$6.8 million during the last three months of 2003.

Drilling by Exeter Resource (XRC-V) on the La Cabeza gold project in western Argentina has returned several high-grade intervals.

Teck Cominco (TEK-T) is again shipping lead from its Trail smelter in southeastern British Columbia, following repairs to the Kivcet lead furnace and boiler.

The period ended April 13 was punctuated by the mutually agreed-upon cancellation of a tentative deal that would have seen Royal Gold entirely finance the US$13.8-million cost of building Capital Gold‘s El Cha…

Vancouver — Northern Lion Gold (NL-T) reported impressive gold assays from the first two holes drilled on its Haveri gold-copper property in southwestern Finland, even before reaching targeted depths.

Results from eight holes drilled on QGX‘s (QGX-T) Golden Hills project in western Mongolia include the highest grades yet reported for the gold-silver-copper project.

Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) now estimates the capital cost of developing the Cerro Casale gold-copper project will total US$1.65 billion, up from US$1.43 billion projected in the initial feasibility study, tabled in January…