Placer hits new zone at East Bay
Drilling by Placer Dome (PDG-T) has intersected a new zone and expanded known zones of gold mineralization at the E…
2004
Northern Star hits gold at Midway
A drilling program by Northern Star Mining (nsm-v) is testing new and known targets at the Midway gold property nea…
Seabridge examines options for Grassy Mountain
Toronto-based Seabridge Gold (sea-t) is continuing efforts to advance its wholly owned Grassy Mountain gold project…
Gitennes Continues Focus on Peru
As part of a joint venture with Meridian Gold (mng-t), Vancouver-based Gitennes Exploration (git-t) expects to begi…
BHP Options Aussie Project
Mega-miner BHP Billiton (bhp-n) has decided to exercise an option to earn into an Australian nickel-copper project…
Campbell boosts reserves at Joe Mann mine
Proven and probable reserves at the Joe Mann mine, near Chibougamau, Que., have risen 35% since the end of 2002, Campbell Resources (CCH-T) reports.The increase includes 46,057 oz. gold mined from 182…
Daily Metal Prices (March 08, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMarch 2March 1Feb. 27Feb. 26Feb. 25Al Alloy1570/160…
River Gold adds ounces at Eagle River (March 08, 2004)
Two new discoveries last year by Toronto-based junior River Gold Mines (RIV-T) near its Eagle River high-grade gold mine near Wawa, Ont., have allowed the company to add 136,500 oz. to its reserve bas…
Constellation goes supernova
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P-TSX composite index rose steadily over the Feb. 25-March 2 report period, ending 170.7 points higher at 8,808 despite a 1.5% drop at the period’s end. The gold index m…
Tenke raises funds for Vicuna
Vancouver — Tenke Mining (TNK-T) will sell 3 million shares to a syndicate of underwriters in return for $8.25 million, some of which will be used to explore the Vicuna copper-gold-silver project in …
Tournigan drills Curraghinalt
Vancouver — Drilling by Tournigan Gold (TVC-V) has intersected high-grade gold mineralization at the Curraghinalt project in Northern Ireland. The program is designed to upgrade the resource classifi…
High River strengthens bonds with Jilbey in Burkina Faso
A proposed deal would see Jilbey Gold Exploration (JLB-V) become the exploration arm of High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) in Burkina Faso.Under the deal, High River would transfer all its exploration prop…