Great Basin delves under Hollister
Deep drilling by Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) is testing for Devonian carbonate rocks below the Hollister deposit at the Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Ivanhoe is midway between two major opera…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Cordero shows gallium values
At the Cordero property, near McDermitt, Nev., Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has uncovered gallium values in the range of 200 grams per tonne — purportedly the highest such grades so far encountered …
News – 11-JUN-01
Don’t hold your breath
The late-May spike in the gold price proved to be short-lived, but that didn’t prevent gold bugs from speculating that the bears, the banks and the bookkeepers were at last going to be put to rout. Fo…
PEOPLE (June 11, 2001)
Cogema — Tim Gitzel appointed president and CEO; Vincent Martin appointed senior VP and COO.Vista Gold — James Garrington, Ovidio Pereyra and Alessandro Perez appointed members of the advisory commi…
Idaho cobalt on fast track
Denver — After submitting a plan of operations for the Idaho Cobalt project, Formation Capital (FCO-T) has voluntarily agreed to a joint review by state and federal regulators and third-party consult…
More drilling at Scossa
Denver — In light of a successful 2000, Romios Gold (YRW-V) plans to resume drilling at the Scossa property, 6 miles southeast of the Rosebud mine in northern Nevada.The new campaign, budgeted at US$…
Corriente cuts high values at Mirador
Vancouver — Junior Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) has intersected its highest copper and gold grades to date at the Mirador prospect in southeast Ecuador.Seven vertical holes targeted the northern edge …
Hope is in the air
After years of suffering, Estelle Cyr finally succumbed to primary pulmonary hypertension at age 27. She left behind three daughters, Melanie, Lynne and Angele. The three girls would go to live in Tim…
Kimberlite find at Jericho yields few stones
A new kimberlite discovery at the wholly owned Jericho project of Tahera (TAH-T) has yielded just two stones from the initial processing of 100.4 kg of drill core.The kimberlite was discovered this pa…
Gold Funds (June 11, 2001)
Gold Funds as of May 31, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$13.52$5.29Price$9.50$5.05…
LME Warehouse Levels (June 11, 2001)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 5/01 (change from May 29 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium588150(+…