Trading Summary (April 08, 2002)
The oil & gas sector, up about 1.1% couldn’t counter plus-1% losses by the conglomerates, golds, techs on top of a…
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Drilling expands La Fortuna (April 08, 2002)
Drilling on Metallica Resources’ (MR-T) El Morro copper-gold project in Chile, has extended the main La Fortuna dep…
Scorpio tables Candelaria results (April 08, 2002)
Vancouver — Scorpio Mining (SPM-V) has tabled a final compilation of all drill results from surface and undergroun…
Dianor plans precious and base metal spinoff
Laval-based junior Dianor Resources (DOR-V) plan to spin off a new exploration company focussed on precious and bas…
Ashton finds third kimberlitic body in Otish Mountains
A new kimberlite belt is emerging in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec, as demonstrated by the discovery of a third kimberlitic body by partners Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and So…
News – 08-APR-02
NAME CHANGES (April 08, 2002)
Blue Ice Minerals (BLE-V) has changed its name to Monroe Minerals (MMX-V) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.
Leading indicators turn north for base metals
After a wobble early on in the report period March 25-28, the base metals markets regained their poise, helped by encouraging economic data out of both the U.S. and Europe. Nonetheless, the funds rema…
Lending Rates (April 08, 2002)
as of 4 pm ET, Apr. 2, 2002(%)Bank of Canada2.25Canadian Prime3.75U.S. Discount1.25U.S. Prime4.75LIBOR US$ 3-month2.04LIBOR US$ 6-month2.36LIBOR US$ 1-year3.06Gold lease 3-month0.54G…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (April 08, 2002)
86.32 (+3.67)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (April 08, 2002)
84.11 (+7.51)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Learning from Musselwhite
The Musselwhite gold deposit in northwestern Ontario is on land belonging to First Nations. Dealing with the development concerns of First Nations created an additional challenge for Placer Dome beyon…