Trading Summary (November 19, 2001)
A plus-4% gain by the technology-laden Industrial Products subindex pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange higher to sta…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Platosa yields mixed results (November 19, 2001)
Vancouver — Three of the first eight holes tabled by Excellon Resources (EXN-V) during the latest bout of drilling…
Ashton ups financing
Vancouver — Riding the success of kimberlite finds in Nunavut and Quebec, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has incr…
Production bug plagues Akrokeri
Unable to maintain the record production level attained in the first quarter at its 85%-owned Bonte alluvial gold m…
Sigma suspension weighs on McWatters (November 19, 2001)
With mining still suspended at the Sigma-Lamaque open-pit gold mine in Val d’Or, Que., McWatters Mining (MCW-T) has…
Queenstake boosts Magistral
Vancouver – The latest drill program by Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) has increased the size of the high-grade core…
NNO drops South African gold deal
Vancouver-based Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) has dropped a deal to acquire a 100% interest in Ditchburn Mana…
Sulliden wins award for Mario
Sulliden Exploration’s Mario property has been named Peru’s “mining prospect of the year” by a committee of 15 representatives of that country’s mining industry.The Montreal-based junior has an option…
Ruttan to close sooner
The Ruttan copper-zinc mine in northern Manitoba will be closing sooner than expected, owing to low metal prices.Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting had announced in the mid-1990s that the mine would shut do…
NAME CHANGES (November 19, 2001)
Lucero Resource (LCR-V) has changed its name to Squared Developments (SQD-V) on a 1-new-for-10-old-share basis.Totem Mining (TOH-V) has changed its name to Comcorp Ventures…
Mtn Province arranges financing
Low on cash, Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T) intends to raise just under a million dollars in a private placement of more than 1.9 million units priced at 50 apiece.A unit will consist of one shar…
TVX chalks up quarterly loss (November 19, 2001)
Lower realized prices and the devaluation of the Brazilian real saw TVX Gold (TVX-T) end the third quarter in the red.Net losses in the three months ended Sept. 30 totalled US$1.1 million on revenue o…