Silver lures junior resource firm
By WENDY STUECK
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
VANCOUVER — Junior resource companies tend to go where the action is, piling into commodities or regions based on price trends or promising discoveries.
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In another reflection of silver prices that climbed by almost 14 per cent last year and by nearly 30 per cent between 1999 and 2004, Silver Standard Resources Inc. is talking about putting some of its assets into production.
Vancouver-based Silver Standard has been buying and holding silver properties for the past 20 years and now claims to hold the world's biggest known underground hoard of silver. Silver Standard has a market value of $695-million (Canadian).
By WENDY STUECK
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
VANCOUVER — Junior resource companies tend to go where the action is, piling into commodities or regions based on price trends or promising discoveries.
...
In another reflection of silver prices that climbed by almost 14 per cent last year and by nearly 30 per cent between 1999 and 2004, Silver Standard Resources Inc. is talking about putting some of its assets into production.
Vancouver-based Silver Standard has been buying and holding silver properties for the past 20 years and now claims to hold the world's biggest known underground hoard of silver. Silver Standard has a market value of $695-million (Canadian).
