Exchange Rates (January 08, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJan. 2Jan. 1Dec. 29Dec. 28Dec. 27US$ in C$1.4963Holiday1.50021.50…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Obituary: C. Carbonneau
Cme Carbonneau, founding president of the Quebec Crown corporation Soquem and a former professor of geology at cole Polytechnique in Montreal, has died. He was 77.Born in November 1923 in Sainte-Foy…
Testing the testers
In the recent evaluation of mineral industry standards, questions were raised about the reliability of assays. Now in its fourth year, The Proficiency Testing Program — Mineral Analysis Laboratories …
Storliden deposit green-lighted
Swedish-listed North Atlantic Natural Resources, in which Boliden (BOL-T) and South Atlantic Resources (SCQ-V) each own a 38% equity stake, has resolved a dispute pertaining to the environmenta…
Freeport returns Grasberg to full capacity
Denver — Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) has returned the Grasberg mine in Indonesia to capacity.Throughput at the giant copper-gold complex, situated in Irian Jaya, had been limited to 200,00…
Staff Investment Policy (January 08, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
Flow-through share financings benefit Canuck juniors
Vancouver — Companies with Canadian projects are finding willing investors for flow-through share issues, which provide investors with tax deductions on exploration expenses.- Canabrava Diamond (CNB-…
NDT encouraged by Antana results
A first pass of drilling at the Antana gold prospect in southern Peru has returned some highly encouraging numbers for NDT Ventures (NDE-V), including 86 metres grading 1.46 grams gold per tonne.NDT t…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, DEC. 27-JAN. 2
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 346500 34.75 31.88 32.25 -2.31…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (January 08, 2001)
44.08 (+0.16)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (January 08, 2001)
75.27 (-3.26)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Dow begins year on down beat
Denver — During the holiday-shortened report period Dec. 27, 2000-Jan. 2, 2001, U.S. markets showed little movement: the Dow Jones industrial average began the first trading day of 2001 down 1.3%, wh…