Broad market slumps as gold see-saws
The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index surrendered another 99.2 points over the March 5-11 report period to finish the week at 6,290.7.Gold yo-yoed itself US$5.25 per oz. lower to a London afterno…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
IMA reports grassroots silver find
A high-grade silver discovery in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina has IMA Exploration (IMR-V) making geological analogies between it and the Eskay Creek gold mine in northern British Columbi…
Pan Am Silver posts Q4 loss
Vancouver — A US$12.1-million charge against the operations of the Quiruvilca mine in Peru caused Pan American Silver (PAA-T) to spill red ink in the fourth quarter of 2002.The hit followed a US$15.1…
Corriente looks at smaller model (March 17, 2003)
Vancouver — An independent study gives the Mirador copper-gold deposit in southeastern Ecuador a pretax net present value of US$153 million, using a 20,000-tonne-per-day base case and a copper price …
SouthernEra converts resources at Messina (March 17, 2003)
SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has tabled an updated reserve estimate for the Voorspoed section of its 70.9%-owned Messina platinum mine in South Africa. Probable reserves now stand at 24.5 million ton…
Trading Summary (March 14, 2003)
Bargain hunters pushed Toronto golds stocks 6.2 points or more than 4% higher to a 156.47-point close on Friday. Th…
BHP eyes Botswana
Vancouver With Canada’s Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories marking the only diamond production for global re…
Inco develops a taste for Aussie ore
Already sourcing nickel in concentrate from LionOre Mining’s (LIM-T) Emily Ann mine in Western Australia, Inco (N-T…
First Quantum raises US$15 million
Vancouver — First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has inked a deal for a Euro $14 million (US$15 million) term debt facili…
Placer ties up junior ground
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has exercised an option to earn majority interests in three gold properties in the Birch-Uchi g…
Starfield sizes up 119 Zone
Vancouver-based Starfield Resources (SRU-V) has tabled a preliminary inferred resource estimate for the 119 Zone on…
Trading Summary (March 13, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange rebounded to the tune of 66.81 points to end at 6,295.44 on Thursday as most of the subi…