Hope Bay partners evaluate project’s economics
This year’s $16.4-million exploration campaign at the Hope Bay gold project, north of the Arctic Circle, will culminate with an independent scoping study sometime before year-end.Joint-venture partner…
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Canadian Royalties proves up Expo-Ungava deposit
Vancouver — The discovery of platinum-palladium mineralization associated with previously identified copper-nickel prospects has triggered renewed interest in the Ungava ultramafic belt of northern Q…
The Northern Miner – North American Mining Index (November 05, 2001)
66.45 (+1.74)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner – Small Producers Index (November 05, 2001)
45.83 (+0.44)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Gold Funds (November 05, 2001)
Gold Funds as of October 25, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$13.23$5.35Price$9.05$5.49…
NovaGold hits highest grades yet at Donlin
Vancouver — California-based NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) continues to pull high-grade intercepts from the Acma zone of the Donlin Creek deposit in Alaska.Situated 480 km west of Anchorage, Donlin Cree…
Staff Investment Policy (November 05, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
Daily Metal Prices (November 05, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateOct. 30Oct. 29Oct. 26Oct. 25Oct. 24Aluminium1271/12…
Northern Miner Indices (November 05, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.7FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.5Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.3Homestake MiningHM-N6.4IncoN-T9.4Newm…
Exchange Rates (November 05, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateOct. 30Oct. 29Oct. 26Oct. 25Oct. 24US$ in C$1.57831.57461.57521.5…
Producer and Dealer Prices (November 05, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,400/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.50/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$7.30-8.25/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.625/lb.Indium: Indi…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 05, 2001)
DateOct. 30Oct. 29Oct. 26Oct. 25Oct. 24HighLowTSE 3006825.416896.347004.926943.696896.93…