Russian gold raises High River (August 13, 2002)
Near record production from the 50%-owned New Britannia Mine in Manitoba and an increased stake in Russian gold min…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
AurionGold eyes higher profit, Placer ups its stake
With a bull’s-eye on its chest AurionGold has reported a net profit of A$63.2 million (or 20 per fully diluted sha…
Pacific Rim options Cerro Gaspar (August 13, 2002)
Vancouver — Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-V) has inked a deal with Brett Resources (BRN-V) on the Cerro Gaspar project,…
Drills turn at Poste Lemoyne (August 13, 2002)
Equal partners Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) and TWG Corp. (GWC-V) have begun a 19-hole drilling campaign on their Po…
Boundary battle heads to arbitration
After a failed takeover attempt, Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) is headed to arbitration with Ungava Minerals (UNGV-CUB…
Knife fight headed to court
Failing to come to an agreement at the 10-sq.-km Knife project in the north Slave Craton region of Nunavut, De Beer…
$5.2 m set for Fort la Corne
Based on the interim results from the 2001 evaluation program, the partners of the 225-sq.-km Fort la Corne joint…
Trading Summary (August 12, 2002)
Toronto stocks opened the week lower and stayed there on Monday as profit-takers lived up to their name. The golds…
Ekati turns in strong performance
In the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories, some 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, Canada’s lone diamond mine churned out 4.56 million carats of stones for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002…
Eunsan attains commercial status
Five months after pouring the first dore bar, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has declared its Eunsan gold-silver mine in South Korea a commercial success.Since March, the mine has produced 2,300 oz. gold and 1…
Golds bounce back, market looks slack
Despite some hundred-point days, the Toronto Stock Exchange moved sideways during the report period July 31-Aug. 6, with the TSX Composite index closing at 6,519.16, up a meagre 7.98 points over the f…
Gold Funds (August 12, 2002)
Gold Funds as of August 6, 2002Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Valuen.a.$5.81Pricen.a.$6.55…