Taseko closes financing
Vancouver — A limited partnership that Taseko Mines (TKO-V) has an exclusive right to acquire has raised $1.85 mil…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
C.L. Fausett
C.L. Fausett, owner of Fausett International, an Idaho-based drilling company, has died. He was 64.Fausett was born in Ashton, Idaho, in 1937. His family moved to the Silver Valley when he was 8, wher…
Rubicon expands Red Lake gold portfolio
Junior Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has signed an agreement with a private company to acquire the McFinley gold project in the Red Lake camp of northwestern Ontario.The Vancouver-based company must pay $8…
Blackstone gains ground
Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V) has picked up a second diamond property in the north Slave Craton of Nunavut, south of Coronation Gulf.The junior can acquire a 35% interest from each of Anglo-Celtic Explo…
El Morro appraisal favourable
An independent scoping study on the La Fortuna copper-gold deposit in north-central Chile has come back positive for partners Metallica Resources (MR-T) and Noranda Resources (NRD-T).Noranda, which ca…
Tulawaka funding secured (January 14, 2002)
Minires du Nord (MDN-T) has secured a US$4-million loan facility arranged by RMB Resources, a South African-based financial institution.The money will more than cover MDN’s funding requirements for 2…
Metal Prices spur market rally
Stronger base metal prices over the Jan. 2-8 report period translated into a broad-based rally among the U.S.-listed base metal producers.BHP Billiton rose 89 to US$11.60; Phelps Dodge jumped $1.32 t…
Barrick drops Goodpaster
Vancouver — Disappointing drill results have prompted mining titan Barrick Gold (ABX-T) to stop work on the California and Surf properties in the Goodpaster district of Alaska.The properties are adja…
Olympus Pacific reports bonanza gold grades
Vancouver — Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-V) has found an area of high-grade gold mineralization on its Phuoc Son property in central Vietnam.The discovery occurred 7 km northwest of the Bai Go and B…
Producers rise on higher prices
The ongoing battle for Normandy Mining (ndy-t) took centre stage in eastern markets once again, with American producer Newmont Mining upping the ante at the start of the Jan. 2-8 report period.Newmont…
Breakwater boosts reserves (January 14, 2002)
An independent review of Breakwater Resources’s (BWR-T) El Mochito mine in Honduras and El Toqui mine in Chile has resulted in an increase in mineral reserves and resources.The review, which included …
Daily Metal Prices (January 14, 2002)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 8Jan. 7Jan. 4Jan. 3Jan. 2Aluminium1417/1429…