Lower grades sink Richmont (May 17, 2004)
Lower gold grades and a stronger Canadian dollar caused
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Flow-through shares: a history
The recent success of so-called “flow-through” shares may make them seem like a new idea in Canada but this financing device found its way into the business lexicon here roughly 50 years ago with company-to-company “flow-through” shares. It took a…
Daily Metal Prices (May 17, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
J-Pacific to explore Blackdome (May 17, 2004)
Vancouver —
New interest in platinum and palladium
Confirmation of the increased interest in platinum and palladium has arrived in the form of the first annual survey by Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS), previously known for its work in gold and silver. This follows the entrance of fellow-consu…
Kinross to suspend New Britannia
Faced with a diminishing orebody,
Getting the beast’s attention
This week, the Porcupine Prospectors and Developers Association (PPDA) has been holding “Mining Week in Timmins,” where the local industry takes to the streets — or, more precisely, the Timmins Square Mall — to get the importance of mining acros…
Sao Bento production scaled back
Vancouver – Eldorado Gold reported higher than planned costs at its Sao Bento gold mine in Brazil because of an int…
MacMillan Gold finds silver and gold
MacMillan Gold (MMG-V) is finding that the Cerro de Oro gold and silver project in Zacatecas, Mexico is aptly named…
McWatters exits Kiena, shares suspended (May 14, 2004)
McWatters exits Kiena, shares McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has agreed to sell the balance of its Kiena mine royalti…
Goldcorp ups its stake in White Knight
Goldcorp (G-T) has acquired 520,000 shares of White Knight Resources (WKR-V) for 59.31 apiece. The new shares…
Trading Summary (May 14, 2004)
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index outshined the rest of the subindices with a 4.38-point, or 2.4%, rise to 18…