The hammer and the fox
There’s a story about the discovery of silver in northern Ontario, and this is how it goes:When the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) line from North Bay to Haileybury and New Liskeard w…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Venezuelan opposition may be country’s last hope Chaining the strongman
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitu…
Kenya gives nod to Tiomin’s Kwale
Kenyan approval of the environmental management plan for the Kwale titanium-sands project sent shares in Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) soaring more than 42% in early trading in Toronto on Jan. 21.The appro…
Juniors join forces
Juniors St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T), Royal Victoria Minerals (RVM-V) and United Tex-Sol Mines (UTX.A-V) have taken a cue from their larger peers and decided to merge.The 3-way merger calls…
Pele’s Cristal yields large stone (January 27, 2003)
Lakefield Research has recovered a 0.72-carat diamond from Pele Mountain Resources’ (GEM-V) Cristal occurrence, on the Festival property, near Wawa, Ont.The stone measures 4.42 by 4.28 by 3.58 mm and …
South Atlantic hot on Swedish targets; Rio Narcea
Drilling will follow relogging and sampling of existing coreVancouver — South Atlantic Ventures (saa-v) has begun exploring for Olympic Dam-style deposits of iron oxide, copper and gold (IOCG) in nor…
First Quantum expands Lonshi resource (January 27, 2003)
An independent resource estimate has added 21% more copper to the Lonshi copper oxide mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) says the increase reflects a 300-metre exte…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JANUARY 15-21
Please Note: Owing to technical problems, this week’s stock tables are missing the “Change” and “Volume” columns. As a result the “Most Active Issues” and “Greatest Value Traded” tables could not be c…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (January 27, 2003)
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Diavik nears milestone
Construction of the $1.2-billion Diavik diamond mine in the Northerwest Territories is “virtually complete,” report partners Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N).The first diamonds are expected …
Canabrava recovers diamonds at Hadley Bay
Junior Canabrava Diamond (CNB-T) has recovered three stones from the Turnstone kimberlite, one of a cluster of ten magnetic anomalies discovered last summer at the Hadley Bay diamond property in the C…
Lending Rates (January 27, 2003)
as of 4 pm ET, Jan. 21, 2003(%)Bank of Canada3.00Canadian Prime4.50U.S. Discount0.75U.S. Fed Funds1.25U.S. Prime4.25LIBOR US$ 3-month1.37LIBOR US$ 6-month1.37LIBOR US$ 1-year1.47Gold lease 3-…