Queenstake shares plunge on Jerritt Canyon termination
Shares in Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) plummeted 17 or nearly 45% in early trade in Toronto on April 8 after the c…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Candor eyes Mary March (April 08, 2003)
Candor Ventures (CND-V) has signed a letter of intent to acquire a half interest in the promising Mary March massiv…
Trading Summary (April 07, 2003)
The Toronto market followed other world stock markets higher on Monday, partly on the strength of indications that…
Nevada Pacific grabs Limousine Butte
Vancouver Junior Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has reacquired sole ownership of the Limousine Butte project in Neva…
Soquem inks deal with Quinto
Vancouver — Quinto Technology (QU-V) has signed an agreement with provincially owned Soquem, to establish two 50/5…
Crystallex tallies Las Cristinas reserves (April 07, 2003)
Vancouver — Crystallex International (KRY-T) has tabled a new reserve estimate for the long-stalled Las Cristinas gold project in southeastern Venezuela.An independent study by Reno, Nev.-based Mine …
Newmont sees profits surge in 2002 (April 07, 2003)
Newmont Mining (NEW-N) improved its bottom line dramatically in 2002, thanks to rising gold prices and the inclusion of revenues gained though its February 2002 merger with Normandy Mining and Franco-…
Inmet ups reserve at Troilus (April 07, 2003)
Additional drilling and re-assessment of the operating conditions at the Troilus gold mine in north-central Quebec have extended the life of the mine a further four years, says owner Inmet Mining (IMN…
Most Montanans don’t support I-137: poll
Fifty-eight per cent of Montana voters would support efforts to modify or overturn I-137, the law passed in 1998 that bans the use of cyanide in open-pit gold and silver mining, according to a poll fi…
Northern Dynasty boosts Pebble resource
Vancouver — An independent resource estimate tabled by Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V) has enhanced the economic potential of the Pebble gold-copper-molybdenum project in southwestern Alaska.The st…
Meridian slams brakes at Argentine project (April 07, 2003)
Following a non-binding referendum in which the citizens of Esquel, Argentina, voted overwhelmingly against development of the Esquel gold project, Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has suspended plans to build a…
Spot Prices Wednesday April 2, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$330.25+0.65Silver$4.40+0.02Platinum$640.00-4.00P…