Trading Summary (May 14, 2002)
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold issues collectively slammed on the brakes and threw it in reverse on Tuesday fall…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Lac des les nears expansion capacity
With the new concentrator at its Lac des les mine in northern Ontario finally drawing nearer to the nameplate capa…
Wheaton eyes $94.3 million for Minas Luismin buyout
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has announced plans for a proposed private placement of 82 million special warrants…
Partners table Los Filos resource (May 14, 2002)
Vancouver — Partners Teck Cominco (TEK-T) and Miranda Mining (MM-V) have tabled a new resource estimate for the la…
Rio Narcea posts wider loss
Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) met its gold production budget for the first three months of 2002, pumping out 25,117…
Pure adds to Otish stable
Pure Gold Minerals (PUG-T) has added four properties to its portfolio in the Otish Mountains region of Quebec. …
Trading Summary (May 13, 2002)
With only the Telecoms subgroup ending 1.3% lower, the S&P/TSX Composite Index grabbed 65.34 points or 0.86% to rea…
Olympus encouraged at Khe Rin
Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-V) is bullish about partial assay results from an 18-hole, 2,100-metre drilling progr…
Partners cut West zone gold (May 13, 2002)
Reverse circulation drilling by partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Minires du Nord (MDN-T) has cut “significant gol…
Huaron powers Pan American’s quarter
Thanks to newfound production from its Huaron mine in Peru and La Colorada mine in Mexico, Pan American Silver (PAA…
AngloGold lowers costs (May 13, 2002)
Vancouver — In the first quarter, AngloGold (AU-N) felt the impact of the sale of its high-cost mines in South Africa as production dropped 340,000 oz. However, cash costs improved considerably to US…
Bloom defends article
In a letter to the editor that appeared last week, William Johnson claimed that my article “Fusion key step in fire assaying for PGEs” (T.N.M., Feb. 25-March 3/02) contained a plagiarism. I feel oblig…