Alamos steps up work at Mulatos
Vancouver — Determined to define additional high-grade mineralization, Alamos Minerals (AAS-V) has launched a drill program at the Estrella pit of the Mulatos deposit in northwestern Mexico.The Estre…
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December a time for bargains: Boulder Investment
Year-end tax-loss selling may be less of an issue in 2001 than in previous years, but Boulder Investment Partners analyst Dorothy Atkinson still considers December a great month to buy shares in Canad…
Execs adjust holdings with change in season
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:- Asia Pacific Resources (APQ-T) — John Darch, director, indirectly and pri…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, DEC. 12-18
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT2281626.2523.9526.22+2.32…
Gold explorers jump back to life
Buyers managed to overtake sellers over the Dec. 12-18 report period to push the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index up 54.84 points to 7,586.47.Gold surged ahead $5.65 in London markets to land at a mor…
Goldcorp finds more Red Lake nuggets
Goldcorp (G-T) has turned up more jewelry-box grades at the Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario.Deep hole 860DW cut 4.9 metres grading an impressive 474 grams gold per tonne. The exploratory hole wa…
Output to rise at Grasberg
Vancouver — Bucking the trend of other major producers, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) says it expects a 7.1% increase in copper production next year at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia.Output …
Anglo ups stake in Boyongan
Vancouver — Saddled with a US$14-million debt on its soon-to-be- closed Bulawan mine, Philex Gold (PGI-V) has inked a deal to sell a 10% equity stake in the promising Boyongan copper-gold project and…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (December 24, 2001)
69.28 (+3.09)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, DEC. 12-18
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT59823026.2523.9526.22+2.32…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (December 24, 2001)
46.21 (+0.84)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Exchange Rates (December 24, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateDec. 18Dec. 17Dec. 14Dec. 13Dec. 12US$ in C$1.57301.56461.56331.5…