Blanchard’s case heads to discovery
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has ruled that a lawsuit launched by New Orleans-base…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Trading Summary (November 03, 2003)
Toronto’s golds stocks ended alone in the red on Monday, falling 3.8 points, or 1.8%, to 204.3 as the yellow metal…
McWatters sells Kiena, eyes Sigma-Lamaque revival
Looking for cash to help in its bid to revive the struggling Sigma-Lamaque open-pit gold mine, McWatters Mining (MW…
Pan American dishes Tres Cruces
Vancouver — Pan American Silver (PAA-T) has accelerated a deal to sell its 50% interest in the Tres Cruces gold pr…
Glamis profit rises in 3Q
Higher gold prices combined with lower exploration and accounting expenses to keep Glamis Gold (GLG-T) profitable i…
Aurelian kicks of drill program at Condor
Vancouver — Aurelian Resources (ARU-V) has commenced a 1,500 metre drill program at its wholly-owned Condor gold p…
Junior market continues bull run
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its fall rally over the week ended Oct. 28. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index surged 36.80 points, or 2.51%, and closed at 1,498.55.Shares in…
The Northern Miner Indices (November 03, 2003)
North American Mining: 94.17 (+0.10)Small Producers: 89.07 (+0.06)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Diavik ramp-up on-track
As ramp-up to full production continues, the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories is processing kimberlite at rates ahead of planned levels.Ore processed during the third quarter of 2003 i…
Band-Ore cuts more gold at Thorne (November 03, 2003)
Ongoing drilling at the Thorne gold property in Timmins, Ont., has returned encouraging results to Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T).The junior explorer has sunk seven more holes in the No. 7 zone, discovery…
Goldcorp cashes in on gold rally
Higher gold prices and a slew of encouraging earnings reports augured well for Canadian producers over the Oct. 21-28 report period. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold sub-group climbed 10.71 points to…
DRD gains 20% of Porgera
South African-based Durban Roodepoort Deep (DROOY-Q) has agreed to acquire Australian-listed Oil Search’s 20% interest in the 760,000-oz.-per-year Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea, for US$73.8 mi…