A dozen years since the Iron Curtain parted, the divide between the civilized world and Cuba — let’s call it the Smokescreen — remains in place. But we know that what lies behind it is an affront to…
Having established a resource, partners FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) are studying the feasibility of resuscitating the historic Levack mine in Sudbury, Ont.Except for an 8-year hiatus in its …
An 81-hole drilling program by South-Malartic Exploration (MSU-V) is expanding the known mineralization at the Croinor gold deposit in northwestern Quebec.Drilling over a 680-metre strike length surro…
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateSept. 23Sept. 22Sept. 19Sept. 18Sept. 17US$ in C$…
Gold at crossroadsThe gold market has moved to a new crossroads. Its unprecedented 8-month-long ability to hold above US$400 per oz. has been shattered.Erasing most technical support points, gold fell…
Vancouver — Authorities have given Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) the approval to proceed with underground development and construction of a metallurgical pilot plant at the Prairie Creek base metal project i…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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