Kelvin yields significant diamond count
Originally discovered in the spring of 2000, about 9 km northeast of the Kennady Lake cluster in the Northwest Territories, the Kelvin kimberlite body was ignored until this year when De Beers Canada …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Issues for monetary policy
Although the gold standard could hardly be portrayed as having produced a period of price tranquility, it was the case that the price level in 1929 was not much different, on net, from what it had bee…
Odyssey drills Altintepe gold prospect
Vancouver — Looking to outline a bulk-mineable oxide gold system, Odyssey Resources (ODX-V) has begun diamond drilling on the Altintepe gold property, on Turkey’s Black Sea coast.Field work has ident…
Investors bid up junior golds
Vancouver — Santa Claus brought early Christmas presents to Canada’s junior exchange over the holiday-shortened report period ended Dec. 20 as investors placed bets that 2003 will be a good year for …
Partners prove up River Valley
Vancouver — Intent on confirming the economic potential of the River Valley platinum-palladium property, partners Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) and Anglo American Platinum (AAPTY-O) have doubled…
Partners boost Maverick
Vancouver — Drilling by partners Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) and Colorado-based Vista Gold (VGZ-T) has intersected mineralization outside the known resource on the Maverick Springs property, so…
New Blue Ice showing delivers goods
A kimberlite showing discovered last summer by Diamonds North Resources (DDN-T) at its wholly owned Blue Ice property on the Nunavut portion of Victoria Island has yielded a high count of microdiamond…
Alcoa to upgrade Baie-Comeau
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Alcoa (AA-N) intends to spend $1 billion upgrading its smelter in Baie-Comeau, Que., to begin in late 2003.Under a deal with the Quebec government, the aluminum giant will invest…
Drill results augur well for DRC at Afton
Vancouver — DRC Resources (DRC-V) has tabled encouraging assay results from its Afton copper project, near Kamloops, B.C.This season’s drill program is part of a $4.7-million exploration program reco…
Rosebel gold project enters homestretch (December 30, 2002)
Cambior (CBJ-T) is a step closer to construction at its Rosebel gold project in Suriname after that country’s National Assembly agreed to remove state-owned Grassalco’s option on the project.Under a 1…
Nevada Star outlines target in Alaska
Vancouver — Exploration by Nevada Star Resource (NEV-V) has outlined a large massive-to-disseminated polymetallic target in the Dunite Hill (formerly Tangle-Lake) complex of its MAN project in Alaska…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 30, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,600/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.85/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.57/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.30-6.80/lb.Copper: Comex Mar US$0.7205/lb.Indium: Indi…