Fronteer inks strategic alliance with Aussie major
Australia’s AurionGold has entered into a strategic alliance to explore and develop Fronteer Development Group’s (Y…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Outokumpu reconsiders Tara sale
Outokumpu has confirmed that it has held talks with several firms regarding the sale of its 200,000-tonne-per-year…
TSE Short Positions (March 25, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at March 15, 2002Larger individual positions include Agnico-Eagle 3,181,982 up 163,821; Alcan 1,369,537 up 91,891; Ashton 491,510 up 62,710; Barrick…
CIM talk to focus on Pogo gold project Image
The Pogo gold project in Alaska will be discussed at a gathering of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum on March 27.Teck Cominco intends to develop the p…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 25, 2002)
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Atna builds on Cerro Negro’s potential
Junior Atna Resources (atn-t) has an option to acquire the large Cerro Negro copper-oxide deposit in northern Chile from a Chilean subsidiary of Phelps Dodge (pd-n).The deal calls for Atna to make esc…
PDAC 2002 cautiously upbeat
Cautiously upbeat may well describe the mood of delegates attending this year’s convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).John Steele, the association’s president, set th…
De Beers sees Canada as top priority
De Beers has allocated more than half its 2002 global exploration budget to The Great White North, and that, when combined with planned expenditures on the Snap Lake and Victor diamond projects, means…
PDAC 2002
US industrial growth boosts prices
METALS COMMENTARYGrowth in U.S. industrial production accounts for the price increases seen throughout the first quarter and indicates that business fundamentals in that country have responded well to…
Cambior closes financing (March 25, 2002)
Regulators have approved of Cambior’s (cbj-t) issuance of 21.3 million units to raise $27.75 million. Consequently, the company now has 126.2 million shares outstanding.Cambior completed the deal earl…