Spot Prices Wed. April 10, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$298.70-$6.25Silver$ 4.56-$0.14Platinum$526.00-$…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Cyanide code for gold mining
The global mining industry has agreed upon a code for the management of cyanide at gold operations. The International Cyanide Code for Gold Mining is based on discussions among industry representative…
Drilling expands La Fortuna (April 15, 2002)
Drilling on Metallica Resources’ (MR-T) El Morro copper-gold project in Chile has extended the main La Fortuna deposit north and northwest.Hole 30 cut 111 metres (from 184 metres below surface) of sec…
Guyana pursues placement
Guyana Goldfields (YGI-V) will attempt to raise $400,000 by way of a brokered private placement.The placement comprises 1 million units priced at 40 each. A unit consists of a share and half a warran…
Lending Rates (April 15, 2002)
as of 4 pm ET, Apr. 9, 2002(%)Bank of Canada2.25Canadian Prime3.75U.S. Discount1.25U.S. Prime4.75LIBOR US$ 3-month1.97LIBOR US$ 6-month2.23LIBOR US$ 1-year2.97Gold lease 3-month0.48Gold lease…
Drilling a bust at Mackay Lake
Drilling by ATW Resources on the Mackay Lake property in the Northwest Territories has failed to find the source of a prominent indicator mineral dispersion train which has been traced over 25 km.No k…
Kennecott expands potential of Anuri
The first hole of a spring drilling campaign on the Rockinghorse property in Nunavut has expanded the tonnage potential of the highly diamondiferous Anuri pipe. The project is in the Coronation Gulf d…
Eastfield bullish on Lorraine
Vancouver — Eastfield Resources (ETF-V) has tabled encouraging results from two more holes drilled on the Lorraine copper-gold property near Prince George, B.C.The latest bout of drilling was aimed a…
De Beers denies hidden agenda
De Beers is defending itself against allegations of monopolistic behaviour toward a black empowerment group.The major’s relationship with New Diamond Corp. (NDC) came into question after the Johannesb…
LME Warehouse Levels (April 15, 2002)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 9 (change from April 2 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium1042825(+…
AIM steps up marketing drive in Canada
Fresh from a marketing coup in Australia, representatives of the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) are wooing Canadian juniors that might benefit from a London listing.AIM is…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (April 15, 2002)
DateApril 9April 8April 5April 4April 3HighLowTSE 3007722.117747.557782.117784.527842.32…