Trading Summary (September 16, 2002)
After falling early, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold stocks climbed through the day to put in a 3.41-point or 1.7…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Ashton eyes Stellaria
Vancouver — A 5.83-tonne sample collected from the Potentilla kimberlite has confirmed the presence of commercial-…
Echo Bay restates to a loss (September 16, 2002)
Edmonton-based gold and silver miner Echo Bay Mines (ECO-T) has restated its second-quarter, per-share results to r…
Inco inks Thompson pact (September 16, 2002)
Members of the United Steelworkers’ Local 6166 at Inco’s (N-T) Thompson, Manitoba operations approved a new three-y…
Odyssey grabs Turkish prospect (September 16, 2002)
Odyssey Resources (YOD-V) has a drill on its way to the Trab 23 copper-gold-molybdenum prospect 75 km south-southea…
Red Lake exploration shines
Underground drilling at the Red Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario has cut the deepest and richest section of mineralization ever found there, reports Goldcorp (G-T).Hole 37-032AW returned an asto…
The Trouble Makers
Among the edifying spectacles of the recent World Summit on Sustainable Development were the speeches and public pronouncements of political leaders from three of the major mineral-producing countries…
Drill turning at Holly Gold
Joint-venture partners Radius Explorations (RDU-V) and Lalo Ventures (LAL-V) intend to test at least six targets with a minimum of 1,000 metres of drilling at the Holly Gold prospect in eastern Guatem…
Exchange Rates (September 16, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateSept. 10Sept. 9Sept. 6Sept. 5Sept. 4US$ in C$1.57201.56561.56341.
Tagish posts more results from Skukum
Vancouver — Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) has tabled additional results from underground diamond drilling on the Rainbow zone at its Skukum Creek property, 80 km south of Whitehorse, Y.T.To date, 11 holes…
Obituary: Richard Geren
Richard Geren, largely responsible for the development of the iron ore industry in the Schefferville region of Quebec in the 1950s, has died. He was 85.After graduating from Ohio State University with…
Japan considers coal import tax
Japan, one of the world’s largest coal importers, is proposing a tax on coal imports designed to encourage the country’s steel industry and power utilities to move towards “greener” fuels such as natu…