SPOT PRICES (February 15, 1999)
Precious MetalsPrice (US/oz)ChangeGold$287.10-$0.45Silver$ 5.53-$0.01…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Feb. 3-9
ExchgValue($000s)HighLowCloseChangePlacer DomeT20…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – U.S. MARKETS — High-techs send market tumbling
Falling high-technology stocks pulled down the Dow Jones industrial average for the report period ended Feb. 9. The average closed down 141.09 points, or 1.5%, to 9,133.03.Mining companies were mixed …
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – NEWS ROUNDUP — Gardener withdraws takeover bid
A takeover offer for Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (AAGM-C) has gone off the rails.Gardening company GDL Evergreen withdrew its offer for the African gold miner after it was suspended from trading for f…
EDITORIAL & OPINION – COMMENTARY — Projects to boost niobium supply
Demand for niobium has increased over the past decade, rising from an average of just over 19,000 tonnes between 1990 and 1993 to a record level of 28,740 tonnes in 1997. Despite this sharp increase, …
Apex drills Platosa property
Denver-based Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) has begun drilling at Excellon Resources’ (EXN-V) Platosa polymetallic property, near Bermijillo in Mexico’s Durango state.Apex can earn a 65% direct interest in…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Jan. 27 – Feb. 2
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT389…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — NEW HORIZONS — Responsibility at heart of INAP
The International Network for Acid Prevention is a recently established organization founded by 17 of the world’s leading mining companies. Its purpose is to promote significant improvements in the ma…
U of T offers remote-sensing course
A short course on remote-sensing in mineral exploration will follow this year’s convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, in Toronto.The course, to be held March 19-20 at the…
WMC finds more gold
WMC International, the North American unit of Australian major Western Mining, has discovered more gold-bearing iron formation at the Meliadine West gold project, 20 km north of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.Si…
Grayd funds Alaskan work
Junior Grayd Resource (GYD-V) has raised $750,000 in a non-brokered private placement consisting of 3 million units priced at 25 cents each.A unit consists of one share and one non-transferable warran…
METAL PRICES (February 08, 1999)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateFeb. 2Feb. 1Jan. 29Jan. 28…