Silver Standard boosts Challacollo (April 01, 2002)
Vancouver — The results from a 7-hole drill program has prompted Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) to increase the…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Inco ordered to do house cleaning
Nickel giant Inco (N-T) has been ordered by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to clean up 25 homes poll…
Holt-McDermott strike draws nearer
Workers at Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) Holt-McDermott gold mine in Kirkland Lake, Ont., voted 96% in favour of a strike…
Madison resumes work at Mt. Kare
Vancouver – With the price of gold showing signs of life, Madison Enterprises (MNP-V) has resumed exploration of th…
Kinross extends offer for Kinam’s preferred shares
Kinross Gold (K-T) has extended its offer for all of Kinam Gold’s $3.75 series B convertible preferred shares it do…
Mint releases coin set
The Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa has released two new hologram coins, including a one-quarter-ounce gold maple leaf coin and a gold maple leaf 5-coin set.The hologram on the quarter-ounce single coin…
Golconda drills at Shulin
Juniors Golconda Resources (GA-V) and Shear Minerals (SMR-V) are deepening four reverse-circulation drill holes to test a possible kimberlite pipe at their Shulin Lake property, 75 km northwest of Anc…
Ashton begins work at Potentilla kimberlite pipe
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has begun an exploration program on the Kikerk Lake property in the north Slave Craton region of Nunavut.The program will entail collecting a mini-bulk sample from the …
Partners eye Sabara production (April 01, 2002)
Brazilian Resources (YBZ-V) and its operating partner, IMS Empreendimentos, are preparing to mine the former’s wholly owned Sabara gold deposit in the country’s Iron Quadrangle district.The open-pit o…
Lower-grade Freightrain yields gem-quality stones
Mini-bulk kimberlite samples gathered by Twin Mining (TWG-T) from six sites across the surface expression of the Freightrain prospect at the northern tip of Baffin Island have yielded an assortment of…
East wins Keevil hockey match
The eastern Prospectors All-Stars beat the western Miner Selects 18-14 in the Norm Keevil Memorial Hockey Game, held during the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada….
Producer and Dealer Prices (April 01, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,250/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.40-6.90/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.7455/lb.Indium: Indi…