GOLD FUNDS (October 23, 2000)
Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$12.17$5.49Price$7.25$4.99Discount40.43%…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Exchange Rates (October 23, 2000)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateOct. 17Oct. 16Oct. 13Oct. 12Oct. 11…
Staff Investment Policy (October 23, 2000)
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…
High oil prices trigger fund liquidation in base metals markets
The period Oct. 9-13 saw no improvement in base metals markets. After the previous week’s falls, prices continued to slide across the board as oil and stock market shocks caused further fund liquidati…
Drilling adds lustre to PNWC’s River Valley project
The latest drill results from the River Valley platinum group metals PGM prospect, near Sudbury, Ont., have induced Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) to step up exploration.The Vancouver-based junior…
El Peon meets the grade
Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has passed a banking performance test at its El Peon gold-silver mine in northern Chile. As a result, interest charges against project financing have been reduced to London Inte…
NAME CHANGES (October 23, 2000)
Broker Gold Explorations Ltd. (BGE-V) has changed its name to Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (BKM-V) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.Denstone Minerals Ltd. (DSL-V) has changed its name to…
Machacala yields mixed results
Junior Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-M) has received mixed results from the final two holes sunk at its Machacala gold-silver property in Peru.The property, 40 km east of the city of Trujillo in the depar…
Romios busy at Scossa
The final seven holes of an initial 14-hole, 1,107-metre diamond drilling program by Romios Gold Resources (YRW-V) on its Scossa gold property in Pershing Cty., Nev., failed to cut the high grades enc…
EVENTS (October 23, 2000)
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Earth Technologies Forum Conference on Climate Change and Ozone Protection — Hyatt Regency, Washington, D.C. Tel: (703) 807-4052. Fax: (703) 528-1734. E-mail: earthforum@a…
Seahawk to bulk-sample Piteiras emerald prospect in Brazil
Following up on an in-house scoping study, Denver-based Seahawk Minerals (SKM-V) has begun excavating a decline at its Piteiras emerald prospect in the Nova Era district of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state…
Junior companies scan Guatemala for yellow metal
The end of a 36-year-old civil war, combined with favourable revisions to the national mining code, has paved the way for junior explorers to evaluate the untapped mineral potential of Guatemala.Among…