2004

Vancouver — The once-grand Pine Point mine, on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, is getting a test drive by Tamerlane Ventures (TAM-V), which is eying both existing and potential resources of…

Vancouver — StrataGold (SGV-V) has struck a deal to acquire Sterlite Gold‘s (SGD-T) interest in the Dublin Gulch and Clear Creek gold projects, near Mayo, Y.T.

The 7-day report period beginning Oct. 20 saw the price of gold rise US$8.15 to close at US$427.50 per oz. in the afternoon of Oct. 26 in London. During the week, gold hit a near 16-year peak; on Oct. 26, however, it fell $1.65. The gold index ro…

Despite a tough weekend, U.S. equity markets were little-changed over the report period Oct. 20-26. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 9.14 points at 9,888.48 and the S&P 500 rose 7.86 points to 1,111.09.

Vancouver — Ongoing drilling by Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) on its Alexo project, 45 km northeast of Timmins, Ont., has yielded further intercepts of high-grade nickel.

Inco (N-T) will proceed with construction at the Goro nickel-laterite project in New Caledonia, following a review of estimates that put the capital cost of the project at just under US$1.9 billion.