The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (November 19, 2001)
46.57 (+0.09)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
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Gold Funds (November 19, 2001)
Gold Funds as of November 8, 2001DundeePrecious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$13.41$5.39Price$9.50$5.3…
Staff Investment Policy (November 19, 2001)
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…
Altius options Rambler property
Altius Minerals (ALS-V) has reached an agreement with privately held Ming Minerals to acquire the northern portion of the past-producing Rambler copper-gold mine in Newfoundland’s Baie Verte Peninsula…
Newmont jumps in
Applying a new twist to industry consolidation, Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has announced its intention to acquire Normandy Mining (NDY-T) and Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) to create the world’s large…
New results bolster Skukum Creek
Vancouver — Recent drill results, together with an analysis of historical core, have enabled Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) to identify three zones of mineralization not included in previous resource calcu…
Starfield adds tonnage at Ferguson Lake
Vancouver — Drilling at Starfield Resources’ (SRU-V) Ferguson Lake property in Nunavut has added 8.4 million tonnes to the copper/nickel/cobalt/platinum-group-metal resource.The additional tonnage oc…
Ensuring competitiveness
As Canadians strive to come to terms with the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 in New York, N.Y., our preoccupation with near-term issues such as the security of the country and safety of its citizens is…
Reversal of 3809 rules makes sense
The repeal of several provisions in the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Surface Management Regulations — usually called the “3809 Regulations,” for their place in the Federal Register — represents…
Geologists discuss new technology
The next meeting of the Toronto Geological Discussion Group will examine the merits of 3-D Quest, a technology designed to reduce risks associated with exploration drilling.Robert Gordon, manager of g…
BHP Billiton to close Rietspruit coal operation
Partners Ingwe Coal and Tavistock Collieries will close the Rietspruit coal mine in South Africa.Ingwe is a subsidiary of BHP Billiton. Michael Oppenheimer, president of BHP Billiton’s energy and coal…
Geomaque gains more time
Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) now has until mid-December 2001 to restructure a credit facility with Resource Capital Fund. All scheduled payments continue to be deferred.Meanwhile, mining activities a…