Northern Miner Indices (October 15, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T21.0CamecoCO-T3.9FalconbridgeFL-T5.1Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.8Homestake MiningHM-N7.4I…
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Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (October 15, 2001)
DateOct. 9Oct. 8Oct. 5Oct. 4Oct. 3HighLowTSE 3006869.32Holiday…
CDNX holds ground as rockets roar
Vancouver — The highly anticipated first strike by U.S.-led forces against Afghanistan failed to rattle Canada’s junior exchange during the 4-day report period ended Oct. 9. The Canadian Venture Exch…
Better life starts with industry Progress and protest
Children have been known to ask, “If there’s a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day, why isn’t there a Child’s Day?”The stock answer (revealed to new parents, we suppose, in pre-natal classes, between sess…
Baraga anomaly a dud
Two scout holes drilled at the Baraga magnetic anomaly near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, have come up dry for North Atlantic Nickel (YNN-V).The company was testing the anomaly as a possible reflection o…
Shore sizes up Star kimberlite (October 15, 2001)
Junior Shore Gold (SGF-V) has recovered more stones from its Star kimberlite project, 60 km east of Prince Albert, Sask.A total of 63 macrodiamonds and 166 microdiamonds (here defined as being less th…
Drilling wraps up at Assean Lake (October 15, 2001)
Vancouver — Results from a 5,000-metre drill program by International Curator Resources (IC-T) shows that a steeply plunging high-grade shoot on the Assean Lake gold property near Thompson, Man., is …
Spot Prices Wed. October 10, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$286.50-$3.45Silver$ 4.49-$0.10Platinum$424.00-$…
End of rainy season lures juniors back to Sierra Madre
Cash is trickling into the Sierra Madre gold camps in Mexico as the rainy season draws to a close and juniors launch exploration programs designed to outline new resources or test the feasibility of p…
Gold rally sputters following US retaliation
Well, so much for the gold rally. Prices for the yellow metal began a downward trend during the Oct. 3-9 report period, falling out of a tight US$290-per-oz. trading range and quietly drifting down to…
Metal Prices (October 15, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateOct. 9Oct. 8Oct. 5Oct. 4Oct. 3…
Annax probes Pondok Gambir prospect
Vancouver — Mapping and test-pitting by International Annax Ventures (IAX-V) have uncovered two massive sulphide prospects on the Dairi zinc-lead-silver property in North Sumatra, Indonesia.The two p…