Producer and Dealer Prices (March 11, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,125/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.60-7.00/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.7405/lb.Indium: Indi…
News
LEH outlines Geordie
Junior L.E.H. Ventures (LEH-V) has outlined a low-grade polymetallic resource at its Geordie Lake property in the Thunder Bay region of northern Ontario.Indicated resources ring in at 24.4 million ton…
New sulphide prospect at Aripuana
Drilling by Anglo American (AAUK-Q) to test an electromagnetic conductor on the Aripuana property in northern Mato Grosso state, Brazil, has intersected sulphide mineralization along strike from two z…
Diamond discoveries nothing new
With extensive exploration under way for diamond occurences throughout Canada, including encouraging results in northern Ontario and Quebec, you can imagine my surprise when I was recently reading thr…
Spot Prices Wed. March 6, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$294.35-$4.95Silver$ 4.53+$0.08Platinum$508.00+$…
Patrician stakes Blackwater
Patrician Consolidated Gold Mines (PXC-V) has staked the 268-sq.-km Blackwater Lake property, 550 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T.The two claim groups, comprising 33 units, are accessible via a win…
CDNX follows major bourses up
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange broke out of its recent slide and posted modest gains during the 5-day report period ended March 5. The Standard & Poor’s/CDNX composite index gained 27.45 points…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, FEB. 27 – MAR. 5
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N79945239.7036.5838.43+0.93…
Northern Miner Indices (March 11, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…
Bema finances work at Monument Bay
Junior Bema Gold (BGO-T) has closed a brokered private placement of flow-through shares with Canaccord Capital and Haywood Securities with an eye toward resuming drilling at the high-grade Monument Ba…
Low zinc prices hamper Breakwater
A year of record-low zinc prices translated into a $111-million loss for Breakwater Resources (BWR-T). On a per-share basis, the loss works out to $1.20.By comparison, the company posted a loss of $8….
Orvana begins Don Mario development
It may have taken longer than expected, but Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has entered the final stretch at the advanced Don Mario gold project in eastern Bolivia.Orvana bought the deposit in 1996 for $43 mi…