Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Placer Dome helps grubstake Ontario geoscientists

Placer Dome has donated $100,000 to the fund to support the new Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO).The APGO, established under the province’s Geoscientists Act in 2000, will b…


DRC tables positive study

Vancouver — An independent consultant estimates that DRC Resources’ (DRC-V) past-producing Afton copper-gold property still holds an indicated mineral resource of 25 million tons averaging 2% copper …


LME Warehouse Levels (March 12, 2001)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 6/01 (change from Feb. 28 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium475425(…



TSE Short Positions (March 12, 2001)

Short positions outstanding at February 28, 2001Larger individual positions include:Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. 505,369 down 1,588,485; Alcan Inc. 858,799 down 224,102; Anderson Exploration Ltd.


Goldcorp set to recover from loss

Heafty unusual costs pulled Goldcorp (G-T) deep into the red last year. The losses totalled $19.3 million (or 24 per share) on revenue of $61.3 million, compared with earnings of $10.6 million (14 p…



Noranda and Mintek to study copper bioleaching

Noranda (NOR-T) has decided to research the bioleaching of copper ore, taking its cue from three large base metal producers: Chile’s Codelco, Britain’s Billiton and Mexico’s Industrias…




Placer Dome options Vedron’s Timmins property

Toronto-based junior Vedron Gold (YVG-V) has finally closed last summer’s option agreement with Placer Dome (PDG-T).Placer can earn a 51% interest in Vedron’s sole significant asset, its namesake prop…


Exploration boosts resource at Rosia Montana

By mid-2001, Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) expects to have completed a feasibility study for its 80%-owned Rosia Montana gold project, in central Romania. The independent study will take into account resu…


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