Mansfield, Atna bright spots in junior sector
Mineral exploration frauds such as Bre-X Minerals in Indonesia, combined with the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, are chiefly responsible for the ongoing slump in junior resource stocks, acc…
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Green Creek explores new ground
The operators of the Greens Creek polymetallic mine, in southeastern Alaska, have resumed exploration drilling following a brief hiatus.Over the past year, Kennecott Minerals, a division of the mine’s…
Guyana hits high grade
A hole drilled by Guyana Goldfields (YGI-V) at the Aurora concession in Guyana, South America, has returned 63 ft. grading 1.35 oz. gold per ton.The program is testing the strike length of the Aleck H…
Gold-as-money
Is gold the mortal enemy of central bankers? Lawrence Parks, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education (FAME), believes so. What’s more, he says the world’s banker…
BC peak deemed more fitting
I agree with the points you make in the editorial “Mount Logan forever” (T.N.M., Oct. 16-22) regarding the re-naming of Mount Logan to honour the memory of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.Althoug…
Juniors flock to Alaska for PGMs
Although most of the activity by junior companies in Alaska has been for gold, exploration for platinum group elements is decidedly on the upswing.In the late 1990s, when the price of platinum and pal…
Expatriate, Nordac among most promising Yukon explorers
Exploration activity in most parts of Canada has plummeted in recent years, and the Yukon is no exception. Nonetheless, there are still a few brave hearts with staying power, and they’re managing to f…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (October 30, 2000)
DateOct. 24Oct. 23Oct. 20Oct. 19Oct. 18HighLowTSE 30010352.1010472.9610485.2010231.639926.7811401.976996.02Mines & Minerals3328.303270.3632…
Kinross prepares for go-ahead at True North
Kinross Gold (K-T) is awaiting final permits to begin construction at the True North gold deposit in Alaska’s Fairbanks district.The company has budgeted US$18 million to construct this satellite depo…
Copper Ridge aims to revive Howards Pass
Advances in metallurgy, coupled with the anticipated expansion of power and transportation infrastructure in the Yukon, have induced Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) to step up exploration at its How…
News – 30-OCT-00 (October 30, 2000)
TOP 20 – Oct. 18 – 24Alcoa* N 18049 25.62 23.19 24.94 – 1.06William Res T 7090 0.12 0.10 0.12 + 0.01Franco-Nev T 6887 13.60 12.55 13.30 + 0.80Alcan T 6534 46.75 43.05 45.35 …
LME Warehouse Levels (October 30, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 24/00 (change from Oct. 17 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium337375(…