Trading Summary (December 30, 2002)
Toronto’s gold stocks shed 5.18 points or 2.54% of value as the yellow metal retreated US$5.30 to US$343.60 per oz.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Provenor grabs stake in Fenelon extension
Montreal-based Provenor Inc. (PVN-V) has inked a deal to take a 51% interest in three claim blocks, covering about…
Kirkland Lake raises Macassa cash
Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-V) (formerly Foxpoint Resources) has raised more than $4.7 million via a private placement…
BHP unloads CVRD stake (December 30, 2002)
Vancouver – Seeing little strategic value in holding on to its stake in iron ore producer Companhia Vale do Rio Doc…
Gold touches US$355 per oz.
Gold bugs were particularly exultant during the report period ended Dec. 20 as the yellow metal surged to US$355 per oz. on Dec. 19. during intra-day, European trading.However, any belief in gold is s…
Eldorado cashes in
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) has closed a $46-million financing with a syndicate of underwriters led by Yorkton Securities and including Sprott Securities, BMO Nesbitt Burns, TD Securities, National Bank Fin…
People (December 30, 2002)
Gemcom Software — Appointed Rick Moignard as president and CEO.Richmont Mines — Louis Dionne appointed president and CEO.Lakefield Minerals — William Urseth appointed president.
Canada helps fight conflict diamond trade
Companies will require government certificates to export diamonds to Canada, under new legislation in place to control the import, export and transit of rough diamonds.Bill C-14 was given royal assent…
PDAC calls for papers
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada is soliciting papers for the open session of its annual convention, slated for March 9-12, 2003, in Toronto.Organizers are looking for policy-related…
Goldcorp deepens High Grade zone again
Two recent holes drilled at the Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario have extended the producing High Grade zone another 122 metres at depth, reports Goldcorp (G-T).Hole 34, drilled from the 37 level…
Commercial-size stones envisaged for Renard 3 kimberlite
Despite its small tonnage implications, the Renard cluster of eight kimberlitic bodies in the Otish Mountains of north-central Quebec shows potential for large commercial-size diamonds at grades compa…
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…