Alaska’s d(2) battle
In October 1976, the Alaska Miners Association (AMA) held its first statewide convention in Anchorage to discuss, among other things, a federal government proposal to withdraw up to 80 million acres o…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Meliadine West reveals new zone
Stepout drilling at the Meliadine West gold project has led to the discovery of new mineralization west of the Tiriganiaq zone.Situated near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Meliadine West is a joint venture am…
News – 18-DEC-00
Digital gold
The world’s oldest international money, gold, could become an important element of the world’s newest currency — digital money.Digital money systems are being developed to offer methods of payment th…
Shatter cone theory initially rejected
I found the recent Odds ‘N’ Sods by A.J. Naldrett most interesting. (See “The Shatter cones of Sudbury” in T.N.M., Nov. 13/00). It’s also a lesson we should all remember.When, in 1964, Robert Dietz pr…
Gold Funds (December 18, 2000)
Gold Funds as of Dec. 7 2000Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.64$5.47Price…
Platexco takeover clears hurdle
The long-drawn-out takeover of platinum junior Platexco (PTX-T) by South Africa’s Impala Platinum Holdings has cleared its final regulatory hurdle and is now expected to close by year-end.In June, Imp…
From the hip
In the early 1970s, my brother Tony and I were staking fractions for Don McLeod’s Vancouver-based Northair Mines. The day was cold and damp, and we were perched high up on Sproat Mountain near Whistle…
Regulators create mining panel
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the umbrella body of provincial securities commissions, is creating a committee to advise it on issues related to mining and mineral exploration.The panel…
Arthur Roy
Arthur Roy, who discovered several uranium deposits near Kirkland Lake, Ont., has died. He was 84.Roy, who worked for Inco and, independently, as a prospector, staked 15 claims in the Kirkland Lake ar…
Spot Prices Wed. December 13, 2000
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$269.95-$0.90Silver$ 4.65-$0.06Platinum$622.00+$23.00…
LME Warehouse Levels (December 18, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 12/00 (change from Dec. 5 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium305675(-…