The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (December 25, 2000)
77.11 (+1.77)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
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The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (December 25, 2000)
43.52 (-3.2)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
GOLD FUNDS (December 25, 2000)
Gold Funds as of Dec. 14 2000Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.38$5.34Price$6.30$4.550Discount44.64…
Staff Investment Policy (December 25, 2000)
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…
Hope Bay raises funds
Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) has raised $5 million in a private placement with Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T).Dundee, a closed-end investment company focused on precious metals, purchased 10 million units at…
NAME CHANGES (December 25, 2000)
Duran Gold Corp. (DRN-V) has changed its name to Duran Ventures Inc. (DRV-V) on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.Nickelodeon Minerals Inc. (NKM-V) has changed its name to Strongbow Res…
Raymor, McGill team up for lithium project
Quebec City-based Raymor Industries (RAR-V) is collaborating with researchers from McGill University on a project designed to achieve commercial production of lithium metal from the mineral spodumene….
Caribgold picks up land near Perseverance
CaribGold Resources (CG-T) has acquired a 100% interest in 118 contiguous mineral claims about 6 km west of Noranda’s (NOR-T) Perseverance zinc-copper project in the Matagami camp of northern Quebec.C…
MES forum tackles trends
Recent trends in the mining industry will be discussed at the 12th symposium of the Mineral Economic Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum.The Jan. 22 event, to be held …
The d(2) aftermath
It has been 20 years since the passage of Jimmy Carter’s Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which placed more than 104 million acres into various protected designations against …
Ducks in iron suits
When I was a green geological sprout I got fouled up by some dastardly person who had salted a gold property.I will always remember the feeling of great disappointment — followed by rage — when I le…
PEOPLE (December 25, 2000)
Alcan — John Evans appointed non-executive chairman and director; Jacques Bougie, W.R.C. Blundell, Martin Ebner, Travis Engen, Rupert Gasser, Willi Kerth, J.E. Newall, Peter Pearse, Guy Saint-Pierre,…