Zambian Copper belt rebounds
Once a copious producer of copper, Zambia has fallen on hard times of late. In 1999, the country’s output totalled just 260,000 tonnes — a far cry from the historic annual peaks of 700,000 tonnes bet…
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Gold Funds (November 20, 2000)
Gold Funds as of Nov. 9, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$11.52$5.44Price$6.40$4.590…
Analysts take shine to diversified juniors
At an in-house conference for the retail side of Yorkton Securities, mining analysts Douglas Leishman and Art Ettlinger highlighted seven diversified junior exploration companies that they regard as r…
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The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (November 20, 2000)
67.75 (-0.90)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (November 20, 2000)
42.89 (-0.04)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Positive study tabled for Finlayson
The Finlayson zinc project in southeastern Yukon is technically and economically viable, according to a prefeasibility study which assumes that the sulphide concentrates are marketable without any sec…
November mean month for gold mining
The brutal combination of high costs and weak prices has forced several companies to suspend mining and development activities at gold projects that aren’t robust enough to survive an industry downtur…
Weda Bay develops nickel laterite project
Having delineated a sizable nickel-laterite resource on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, junior Weda Bay Minerals (WDA-T) is now studying the feasibility of developing an open-pit nickel-cobalt min…
VMS find spurs activity near Merritt
Vancouver — The discovery of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization along the busy Coquihalla Highway near Merritt, B.C., has sparked a staking rush in the province’s Okanagan region.”It …
RJK, Lenora set to drill Stares
Geophysical surveys, surface prospecting and trenching have outlined a target area for drilling at the Stares zinc-copper property, west of Thunder Bay, Ont.Partners RJK Explorations (RJX.A-V) and Gre…