The Northern Miner Indices (March 31, 2003)
North American Mining: 64.69 (-3.07)Small Producers: 54.42 (-4.31)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
News
Meridian hammered by local Esquel vote
Locals living near Meridian Gold’s (MNG-T) Esquel gold project in southern Argentina have voted overwhelmingly against its development.The Esquel project is 10 km northeast of the city of the same nam…
Sparton, Beaufield drill for Hemlo gold
Juniors Sparton Resources (YSP-V) and Beaufield Consolidated Resources (BFD-V) have begun drill-testing several gold targets in the Hemlo region of northern Ontario.At the recently acquired Qued proje…
Trading Summary (March 28, 2003)
Toronto’s gold stocks put in an impressive rally, gaining 10.07 points or nearly 7% to end at 157.56 on Friday. The…
Minera Andes cuts new gold-silver zone at San Jose
Vancouver — Spokane-based Minera Andes (MAI-V) cut a new zone of high-grade gold and silver at its San Jose projec…
Inmet ups reserve at Troilus (March 28, 2003)
Additional drilling and re-assessment of the operating conditions at the Troilus gold mine in north-central Quebec…
PCS issues profit warning (March 28, 2003)
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T) warns that it will miss its previous first-quarter earnings estimate of US25…
McWatters eyes $25 m for Val d’Or acquisitions
McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has agreed to sell a total of 125 million shares for 20 apiece for gross proceeds of $25…
Trading Summary (March 27, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange slipped another 3.56 points to end Thursday’s trading session at 6,353.44. The diversifi…
Ivanhoe tables new study at Monywa
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) reports that a scoping study proposed by Perth-based Ausenco suggests that coppe…
Platinum Group Metals cuts UG-2 Reef
Vancouver Drilling at Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM-V) Elandsfontein property, in South Africa, has intercepted the…
Majescor revs its drills
Majescor Resources (MAJ-T) is gearing up for an aggressive 50-60-hole reverse-circulation drilling (RC) campaign fo…