Miners in retreat
Despite a stronger performance by base metals, the share prices of the base metal giants took a pounding during the April 23-29 report period.Investors are concerned about base metals’ exposure to any…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Trading Summary (May 02, 2003)
Market-wide gains sent the Toronto Stock Exchange 48.8 points higher to end the week at 6,618.11 on Friday. The min…
High River in black for 2002 (May 02, 2003)
High River Gold (HRG-T) has finished 2002 with earnings of $1.7 million, an improvement over 2001 when asset writed…
PFN cuts more PGM’s at River Valley (May 02, 2003)
Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) has tabled assay results for nine recently completed drill holes fr…
Harmony takes out ARM
Vancouver South Africa’s Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) has agreed to take over fellow African miner African Rainbow…
Eastmain pumps Clearwater resource (May 02, 2003)
Having sunk 10,000 metres of drilling in 18 holes during the second half of 2002, Eastmain Resources (ER-T) has boo…
Trading Summary (May 01, 2003)
Toronto’s gold index enjoyed a US$2.90-per-oz. rise in the price of gold in New York on Thursday, gaining 4.01 poin…
San Sebastian powers Hecla
With gold and silver prices on the rise and silver costs on the slide, Hecla Mining (HL-N) ventured further into th…
Jacobina moves to feasibility (May 01, 2003)
Vancouver The rising price of bullion has prompted Desert Sun Mining (DSM-V) to complete a feasibility study on i…
Drilling confirms copper-gold at Afton (May 01, 2003)
Vancouver — DRC Resources (DRC-T) has tabled results from two infill drill holes at its Afton copper project near…
Trading Summary (April 30, 2003)
A US$5.30-per-oz. surge in the price of gold in New York sent the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index 4.11 points o…
AngloGold hit by currency exposure (April 30, 2003)
Vancouver — South Africa’s biggest gold producer felt the impact of a falling US dollar in the first quarter of 20…