The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (March 13, 2000)
77.43 (+0.61)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Canadian Venture Exchange breaks 4,000
The Canadian Venture Exchange tacked on an additional 396.49 points, or 10.36%, to finish the week ended March 7 at 4,224.79. The mining index followed suit, adding 251.02 points, or 6.52%, to its val…
GOLD FUNDS (March 13, 2000)
Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.60$5.57Price$8.20$4.96Discount…
Codelco, Billiton form biotech firm
Chilean state-owned Corporacion Nacional del Cobre (Codelco) and London-based Billiton have formed a joint venture to develop biotechnology applications for the processing of copper and molybdenum.The…
Juniors complete merger
The proposed merger of Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) and Kit Resources is now complete.Wheaton River shareholders received one share of the merged company for each Wheaton River share held; Kit share…
Startup at the Emerald
The impressive beds of sediments on Iron Mountain, near Salmo, B.C., were a challenge to geologists. Beds of argyllite, limestone and quartzite stretched from the Sheep Creek Valley in the west to the…
Acquisitions could follow Breakwater financing
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) may be looking at acquiring other operations following a US$42.5-million financing.The financing cleared Breakwater’s existing $31-million debt, and leaves the company wit…
INDEX SECTION B
MustangB2AltoroB3Anglo AmericanB4AngloGoldB1AnooraqB1, B2AquilineB2AshantiB1AvalonB2BarrickB1BillitonB7…
Trivalence bulk-samples K-23 pipe
Bulk-sampling of the K-23 kimberlite pipe has begun, reports Trivalence Mining (TMI-V).K-23 is situated on the company’s 85%-owned Aredor concession in Guinea, 1.1 km upstream from the BAI-4 alluvial …
Trenton girl wins PDAC essay contest
A grade-seven student from Trenton, Ont., has been named Junior Miner of Ontario for 1999 following an essay competition sponsored by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).For her …
Gov’t to spend millions at Kam Kotia
The Ontario government will spend $3 million to clean up the former Kam Kotia mine, a copper-zinc producer near Timmins, Ont., that operated in the 1940s and 1960s.The work is part of a $27-million pl…
Eastmain, Quaterra to drill Abitibi extension
With $140,000 in hand from Quaterra Resources (QTA-V), Eastmain Resources (ER-T) is set to begin drilling on the partners’ Abitibi Extension project in northeastern Ontario.Targeting claim blocks in t…