Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Northern Miner Indices (September 29, 2003)

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrick GoldABX-T19.4%CamecoCCO-T3.6%FalconbridgeFL-T4.7%Freeport McM BFCX-N7.1%GoldcorpG-T4.4%IncoN-T7.8%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont Minin…


Photo by Thomas SchusterWolfden's project geologist, Ian Neill, stands near a drill rig on the West zone.

Wolfden steps up drilling in Nunavut

In November and December, three rigs will attempt to expand the West zone along strike as well as to depth. The program will consist of 20-30 holes in total.When The Northern Miner visited the project…


Photo by Stuart McDougallHarold Tracanelli, project geologist for Ursa Major Minerals, and President Richard Sutcliffe (front-left) run through a cross-section of the new Shakespeare deposit near Sudbury, Ont.

Ursa Major sheds light on Nipissing

Sudbury, Ont. — It just might be too small for Falconbridge (FL-T), but this region’s newest magmatic sulphide discovery sits well with junior partner Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-V).Ursa holds a 51% sta…


Correction (September 29, 2003)

In our story “Flow-through funds jump-start juniors” (T.N.M., Sept. 15/03), we said the permitted time period for exploration companies to spend flow-through funds ends in January 2004. That informati…


Base Metals: Building the up-trend

The following is an overview of base metals markets. Detailed reports on the base, as well as precious, metals will appear in subsequent issues.After two years of negative Western World industrial pro…





Diavik powers Aber’s earnings

As the newly constructed Diavik diamond mine continues to ramp-up, Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) sold US$19.2 million worth of rough gems over the 6-month period ended July 31, 2003, resulting in net earnings …


Newmont outlines 5-yr plan

The Denver Gold Forum, held Sept. 22-24, provided a platform for 60 of the world’s biggest precious metals miners to strut their stuff in front of investors. This year, almost all the audio portion of…


Relieved of debt, Anaconda moults

Having shed its debt related to wholly owned subsidiary Murrin Murrin, Aussie nickel-laterite miner Anaconda Nickel will ask shareholders to approve a 1-for-15-share consolidation and name-change to M…


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