2004

The Toronto Stock Exchange edged 3.81 points higher to end the Nov. 3-9 report period at 8,845.16. The gold index rose 4.4% to 221.20 points, as the yellow metal entrenched itself above the US$430-per-oz. level, closing at US$432.65 per oz. in New…

Vancouver — The first two holes drilled by Kobex Resources (KBX-V) on the Mor prospect in the Yukon have hit volcanogenic massive sulphide-style copper-lead-zinc-silver-gold mineralization.

The decline at the Clavos project, east of Timmins, Ont., being driven by Dumas Contracting for owner St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T), has reached the 200-metre level.

A property deal with a private vendor has given Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) an option on the Canadian Malartic property, 25 km west of Val d’Or, Que.

A prefeasibility study of the Ho Gan gold deposit in central Vietnam has concluded that small-scale production could be profitable.

Shares in Southern Cross Resources (SXR-T) plummeted as much as 25, or 30%, to a 52-week low of 58 in early trading in Toronto on Nov. 1 after the company said increased capital costs would force it to delay development of the…

Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NG-T) has intersected significant copper, gold and silver mineralization during an 8-hole, 2,700-metre drill program at the Galore Creek project in northwestern British Columbia.