Trading Summary (April 08, 2002)
The oil & gas sector, up about 1.1% couldn’t counter plus-1% losses by the conglomerates, golds, techs on top of a…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Drilling expands La Fortuna (April 08, 2002)
Drilling on Metallica Resources’ (MR-T) El Morro copper-gold project in Chile, has extended the main La Fortuna dep…
Scorpio tables Candelaria results (April 08, 2002)
Vancouver — Scorpio Mining (SPM-V) has tabled a final compilation of all drill results from surface and undergroun…
Dianor plans precious and base metal spinoff
Laval-based junior Dianor Resources (DOR-V) plan to spin off a new exploration company focussed on precious and bas…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, MARCH 27-APR 2
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeNewmont Mng*N57521129.2026.7028.52+2.07…
Black Swan, Canadian Zinc execs tap treasuries
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:- Black Swan Resources (BSW-T) — Stephen Fabian, director, sold 268,884 shares privately and in…
Namibian still faced with difficulties
Last year saw Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) chalk up heavy losses as it struggled to remain afloat.In early 2001, the marine diamond miner was forced into provisional liquidation after its NamSSol seafloo…
Northern Crown eyes Abitibi (April 08, 2002)
Vancouver — Northern Crown Mines (CXP-V) has inked a deal with Teck Cominco (TEK-T) to earn an 80% stake in the Amos gold-base metal property in Quebec’s Abitibi greenstone belt.Situated 70 km north …
Aurizon raises $5 million for Casa Berardi work
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has arranged an offering that will raise $5 million for exploration work at the Casa Berardi gold deposit, 95 km north of La Sarre in northwestern Quebec.The offering, being made…
Inco told to clean up houses
Ontario’s Ministry of Environment has ordered Inco to clean 25 residential properties polluted by its nickel refinery in Port Colborne.The decision is consistent with a draft order issued in October 2…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, MARCH 27-APR 2
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeKinross GoldT224672.391.962.13+0.23…
Learning from Musselwhite
The Musselwhite gold deposit in northwestern Ontario is on land belonging to First Nations. Dealing with the development concerns of First Nations created an additional challenge for Placer Dome beyon…