Drilling Commences at the RDN
Vancouver — Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) reports that Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has kicked off a 3,000 metre drilling campa…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Placer Dome clears a late hurdle, extends bid
With about 21% of AurionGold’s shares tendered to its cash-sweetened bid late on August 6, unrequited suitor Placer…
Partners cut more kimberlite at Tichegami (August 07, 2002)
Drilling by Pure Gold Minerals (PUG-T) has cut a second kimberlite body on the Tichegami project in Quebec’s Otish…
Teck Cominco joins Freewest at Lizar
Freewest Resources (FWR-T) has granted Teck Cominco (TEK-T) an option to earn up to a 65% stake in the Lizar gold p…
Minera Andes finds more gold-silver mineralization
Vancouver — Recent reconnaissance surface sampling on four parallel quartz vein systems has resulted in the discov…
Higher production, earnings for Golden Star
Better-than-expected gold production and a higher realized price for that production led Golden Star Resources (GSC…
Partners hit the mark with first Hadley hole
Partners Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) and Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) have cut kimberlite on their first hole on…
AurionGold fires parting shot as deadline looms
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has lowered the broker inducement fee it will pay in relation to its bid for all of the shares…
Trading Summary (August 06, 2002)
The gold issues led the S&P/TSX Composite Index 17.31 points lower to 6,519.16 points on Tuesday. The move brought…
Producer and Dealer Prices (August 05, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,720/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.95/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.30/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.50-7.50/lb.Copper: Comex Sept US$0.6925/lb.Indium: Ind…
Freewest finds
Surface drift prospecting by Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-V) has turned up angular boulders with high gold grades at the Smoke Lake property in the Hemlo area of north-central Ontario.Smoke Lake, a …
Looking out for shareholders
The arrest of John Rigas and two of his sons, all former executives of insolvent Adelphia Communications, on securities fraud charges, and revelations that executives at Qwest Communications Internati…