2004

Vancouver — Rubicon Minerals (RMX) has intersected more high-grade gold mineralization in the Phoenix zone of its McFinley project in Ontario’s Red Lake camp.

Vancouver — Metallurgical testing on material taken from the Huevos Verdes gold-silver vein in southern Argentina has resulted in encouraging recoveries for 49-51 partners Minera Andes (MAI-V) and Mauricio Hochschild &…

Drilling has begun at Yamba Lake, near Yellowknife, N.W.T., where SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is hunting for diamonds.

The latest diamond drill results from partners International Uranium (IUC-T) and JNR Resources (JNN-V) at the Moore Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan include the best-ever intersection.

Vancouver — A revised plan of operation at PolyMet Mining‘s (POM-V) wholly owned NorthMet project in northeastern Minnesota is entering the permitting stage.

Noranda (NRD-T) is comfortably back in the black with second-quarter earnings of US$107 million, compared with a loss of $10 million for the corresponding quarter of last year.

The Las Cristinas project in southeastern Venezuela is more economically viable than previously believed, according to a revised feasibility study by Crystallex International (KRY-T) and SNC Lavalin Engineers & Constructors.