Cdn Zinc finds more veins at Prairie Creek
Vancouver — Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) is encouraged by results from a just-wrapped diamond drill program at the Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver property in the Northwest Territories.The junior is incorpor…
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Gold found at World Trade Center
Workers at Ground Zero have unearthed hundreds of millions of dollars in lost gold amid the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York, N.Y., the New York Daily News reports.The gold was found in a d…
PGE potential in BC
Higher prices for palladium and platinum have generated renewed interest in exploring for these metals around the world and in the Canadian Cordillera.Recent prices reflect the growing use of these me…
Afri-Can samples alluvials
Junior Afri-Can Marine Minerals (AFA-V) has hired the marine unit of De Beers Consolidated Mines to test several possibly diamond-bearing features off the coast of Namibia.Seventeen features outlined …
Western Areas keeps stake in South Deeps
After months of wrangling, South Africa’s Western Areas has decided not to sell its 50% stake in the South Deeps gold mine, near Johannesburg.Chief Executive Officer Brett Kebble says the company cons…
Sultan sets sights on Kena’s Gold Mountain zone
Ymir, B.C. — Having cut a narrow interval of bonanza-grade mineralization, Sultan Minerals (SUL-T) is stepping up exploration efforts at the 35-sq.-km Kena property, south of Nelson.The program is fo…
Noranda marks $16 million to ‘green’ Horne
Noranda says it plans to invest more than $16 million to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) and particulate emissions from its Horne copper smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.The company wants to reduce SO2 emis…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 12, 2001)
DateNov. 6Nov. 5Nov. 2Nov. 1Oct. 31HighLowTSE 3007145.467079.337023.976984.616885.709…
Exchange Rates (November 12, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateNov. 6Nov. 5Nov. 2Nov. 1Oct. 31US$ in C$1.59361.59561.5922…
Spot Prices Wed. November 7, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$280.50-$0.45Silver$ 4.15-$0.13Platinum$418.00-$…
Producer and Dealer Prices (November 12, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,260/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.50/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.95-7.80/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.616/lb.
Gold Funds (November 12, 2001)
Gold Funds as of November 1, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$13.67$5.43Price$9.40$5.60…