The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (February 12, 2001)
69.29 (-0.41)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
News
Virginia, Billiton cut PGMs at Gayot
Junior Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) and its partner, Billiton, have drilled wide intersections of nickel, platinum and palladium mineralization at their Gayot project in Quebec’s Caniapiscau Reservoir …
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (February 12, 2001)
48.26 (-0.62)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Staff Investment Policy (February 12, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
Dinner will honour Cross
After 52 years and 13,388 issues, the George Cross Newsletter and its editor, George Cross, Jr., have decided to call it a day.The final issue of the west-coast mining chronicle was published at the e…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JAN. 31-FEB. 6
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 22857 38.45 35.36 37.24 +1.82…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (February 12, 2001)
Date Feb. 6 Feb. 5 Feb. 2 Feb. 1 Jan. 31HighLowTSE 3009301.409306.059224.05928…
Dale Hoffman
Dale Hoffman, president and chief executive officer of Vancouver-based JNR Resources, United Carina and Pine Channel Gold, has died. He was 60.Hoffman was born in December 1940 in North Battleford, Sa…
Spot Prices Wed. February 7, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$262.90-$3.30Silver$4.63-$0.16Platinum$606.00+$1.00…
Zinc sluggish as slowdown starts
After several weeks of supply-dominated news, base metals markets paused for breath during the period Jan. 29-Feb. 2. Meanwhile, the latest economic data refused to shed much light on the depth and ex…
EXCHANGE RATES (February 12, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateFeb. 6 Feb. 5 Feb. 2 Feb. 1Jan. 31US$ in C$1.50791.50461.49361.49…
Northern Miner Indices (February 12, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.7ComincoCLT-T4.5FalconbridgeFL-T6.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.8Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.0Homestake MiningHM-N3….