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CDNX continues upswing (February 12, 2001)

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its bull run, posting modest gains on all indicies during the report period ended Feb. 6. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index added 49.66 poin…





Staff Investment Policy (February 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…


Lead, copper and zinc post gains

Some short-term relief looks likely for metals prices as three factors — volatile nearby spreads, an improving technical picture, and production cuts stemming from California’s power shortages — con…


Keith Minty (centre) leads a group of analysts on a tour of the new mill under construction at the soon-to-be expanded Lac des les mine, near Thunder Bay, Ont.

NAP builds new mine over bones of old

Thunder Bay, Ont. — Lac des les, Canada’s only primary platinum group metal (PGM) mine, has been transformed from the proverbial sow’s ear into a silk purse by record prices for palladium and by an …


Drill results add shine to Marlin

Encouraging results from a second round of diamond drilling by Francisco Gold (FGX-V) have contributed to the bulk-minable potential of a gold-silver prospect at the Marlin property in western Guatema…



PEOPLE (February 05, 2001)

Arena Gold — Carl Caumartin appointed VP.Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP — R. Stuart Angus joined the firm as a new partner.Island Mountain — Ellsworth Dickson appointed VP of corporate…


US steel shipments down

A steady increase in steel imports reflects a dramatic decrease in steel shipments from U.S. steel mills in 2000, according to the Washington, D.C.-based American Iron and Steel Institute.In November …


McClean Lake wins environmental status

Cogema Resources’ 70%-owned McClean Lake mine in Saskatoon is the first uranium producer in Canada to receive environmental management certification.The operation achieved its new status by adhering t…


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