Northern Miner Indices (June 23, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T20.0%CamecoCCO-T3.6%FalconbridgeFL-T4.6%Freeport McM BFCX-N5.8%GoldcorpG-T4.5%IncoN-T8.0%Kinross GoldK-T4.5%Newmont MiningNEM…
News
Gammon bullish at Northeast Ocampo (June 23, 2003)
An independent scoping study of Gammon Lake Resources’ (GAM-T) Northeast Ocampo project in Mexico paints a robust picture.Completed by Nevada-based Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA), the preliminary…
Canico steps up nickel exploration at Ona Puma
Ourilandia, Brazil — With eight drill rigs on site and four more on the way, Canico Resource (CNI-T) is intensifying exploration of the Ona Puma nickel laterite project in Brazil’s Para state.Engine…
Editorial Cartoon (June 23, 2003)
New threat to US dollar hegemony
“Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: ‘A time is certainly coming over mankind in which there will be nothing [left] whi…
People (June 23, 2003)
Teck Cominco — Chris Thompson appointed to board of directors.Trivalence — Omair Choudhry appointed CFO; Hamish Malkin resigned as CFO.True North Gems — Len De Melt appointed project m…
Philex, Anglo drill Boyongan
Vancouver — Drilling has so far failed to find additional resources at the North project in the Philippines.Partners Philex Gold (PGI-V) and Anglo American (AAUK-Q) have seven rigs turning in an effo…
Rio Narcea gets nod at Aguablanca
Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) is stepping up construction at its Aguablanca nickel-copper-PGM project in southwestern Spain following governmental approval of the environmental impact assessment.Capit…
Spot Prices Wednesday June 18, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$361.25+7.10Silver$4.57+0.06Platinum$662.00+7.00P…
Lending Rates (June 23, 2003)
as of 4 pm ET, June 17, 2003(%)Bank of Canada3.50Canadian Prime5.00U.S. Discount Primary2.25U.S. Fed Funds1.25U.S. Prime4.25LIBOR US$ 3-month1.06LIBOR US$ 6-month1.01LIBOR US$ 1-year1.02Gold …
Newmont writes off AMC
It was an expensive report period for Denver-based Newmont Mining, which bit the bullet and wrote off its recent, A$100-million investment in Aussie-listed Australian Magnesium Corp., developer of the…
Placer doubles Cortez resource
Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) has doubled the measured and indicated resource at its 60%-owned Cortez Hills discovery in Nevada.Discovered in late April of this year, Cortez Hills now holds a measu…