2004

Vancouver — WGI Heavy Minerals (WG-T) intends to acquire the world’s largest and highest-grade rutile deposit — the Sierra Rutile mine in Sierra Leone.

Vancouver — Drilling by Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) in the Sabetaung pit floor at the Monywa project in Myanmar has intersected spectacularly high copper grades.

Vancouver — Minefinders (MFL-T) has moved its Dolores gold-silver project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state a step closer to the final-feasibility stage.

Vancouver — Drilling at the Pampana project in Sierra Leone — a joint venture between Mano River Resources (MNO-V) and Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) — is returning impressive gold grades from beneath an art…

Vancouver — Drilling by Minco Mining & Metals (MMM-T) at its Changkeng gold joint venture in southeastern China has confirmed the presence of precious metals.

Downbeat economic news, high crude oil prices, and the expectation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would increase interest rates brought U.S. stock markets lower in the reporting period Aug. 4-9. The S&P 500 Index fell 34.47 points, or 3.1%, to 1,06…