Kirkland Lake cuts porphyry south of Main Break
Underground drilling by Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-T) has turned up three new gold prospects at the Macassa mine in northern Ontario. All lie south of the 4700 level and were cut by hole 47-994B.The firs…
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TNM launches online job board
The Northern Miner has launched an online job board exclusive to the mining industry. The website, northernminerjobs.com, promises to match job seekers with companies looking for personnel.Job seekers…
GlobeStar eyes $5m for Maimon
GlobeStar Mining (GMI-V) has inked a deal with Canaccord Capital and Dundee Securities to raise $5 million for its advanced Cerro de Maimon copper-gold project in the Dominican Republic.Under the deal…
That Old Economy feeling
A funny little application on the Internet lets you roll your cursor arrow over a graph; as you do that, four caricature figures, meant to be economists, follow your every move.The point of the joke i…
Lending Rates (November 17, 2003)
as of 4 pm ET, Nov. 11, 2003(%)Bank of Canada3.00Target overnight rate2.75Canadian Prime4.50U.S. Discount Primary2.00U.S. Fed Funds market rate1.00U.S. Prime4.00LIBOR US$ 3-month1.18LIBOR US$ …
Northern Miner Indices (November 17, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Editorial Cartoon (November 17, 2003)
Keevil heads 2004 inductees into Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
Norman B. Keevil, the man best-known for taking middling Teck Corp., with a couple of small gold mines, and building it into a base metals powerhouse, will be among four new inductees into the Canadia…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 17, 2003)
DateNov. 10Nov. 7Nov. 6Nov. 5Nov. 4HighLowTSX Composite7815.46…
Haywood buys piece of Planet (November 17, 2003)
A bought-deal financing with Haywood Securities all but assures Planet Exploration (PXI-V) of $5 million in gross proceeds.The private placement, which requires exchange approval to proceed, entails 3…
Spot Prices Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$386.40+8.10Silver$5.06+0.13Platinum$760.00+18.00…
LME Warehouse Levels (November 17, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 10 (change from Nov. 3 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1366750(-70…