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…
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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…
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…
Aussie gold output down
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resources projects that gold production in that country for the year ended June 30, 2002, will be 288 tonnes (9.2 million oz.), versus a previous forecast of 2…
News – 24-DEC-01
Partners eye Jericho
Vancouver — A kimberlite float sample west of the Jericho pipe in Nunavut has proved diamondiferous for partners Tahera (TAH-T) and Kennecott Canada Exploration.The 7-kg sample was collected from the…
Homestake shareholders OK Barrick merger
In mid-December, shareholders of Homestake Mining (HM-N) gathered in Walnut Creek, Calif., for the final meeting in the company’s 124-year history and overwhelmingly approved merging with Barrick Gold…
Ivanhoe sparks excitement with Mongolian copper-gold find
Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia — Convinced that its Turquoise Hill copper-gold porphyry discovery in southern Mongolia has the tonnage potential to rival that of the huge Grasberg deposit in Indonesia, Robert …
Lending Rates (December 24, 2001)
as of Dec. 18, 2001(%)Bank of Canada2.50Canadian Prime4.00U.S. Discount1.25U.S. Prime…
Northern Miner Indices (December 24, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T21.0CamecoCO-T3.9FalconbridgeFL-T5.1Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.8Homestake MiningHM-N7.4I…
Trading Summary (December 21, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange ended 73.33 points higher at 7,528.3 on Friday heading into the Christmas holiday. Power…
Rio Tinto drops Mogote option
London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has decided to drop its option to earn up to a 70% interest in IMA Explorations’ (IM…