Spot Prices Wed. May 30, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$273.65-$10.20Silver$ 4.51-$0.01Platinum$618.00+…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Gold rally fades
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average sunk 218.10 points, or 1.9%, to 11,039.14 during the report period May 23-29.Fears of Russian gold sales brought the yellow metal rally to an abrupt halt, wi…
Rio Grande shows copper
Vancouver-based junior Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V) is encouraged by results from the first round of drilling on the Rio Grande iron oxide-copper-gold prospect in northwestern Argentina. The program has…
Slash-and-burn tactics exposed The eco-industry
Congressman James Hansen of Utah is no bleeding-heart liberal, yet he has sponsored and supported enough environmental legislation to have been labelled “too green” by some of his Republican colleague…
HudBay explores in Nfld
A summer field program is set to begin on the Green Bay property in Newfoundland.Hudson Bay Exploration & Development, a Canadian affiliate of Anglo American (AAUK-Q), can earn an initial 60% interest…
News – 04-JUN-01
The search for balance
I recently ordered Arctic caribou for dinner. I was surprised to see it on the menu, but there it was, one of the evening specials at a fancy restaurant at a Colorado ski resort. I then thought, If it…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (June 04, 2001)
80.42 (-3.62)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (June 04, 2001)
56.86 (-0.48)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
High River Gold Mines adds to Buryatzoloto stake
Junior gold producer High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) has inked a deal with Japanese gold finance company Jipangu under which the former will increase its holding in Russian gold producer Buryatzoloto to…
Billiton eyes Kazan project
Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V) will issue 800,000 units, at 25 apiece, to London-based Billiton to finance preliminary exploration at the Kazan copper-gold project, near Baker Lake in Nunavut.Units c…
Falconbridge buys Montcalm outright
AvestaPolarit, of Finland. – A revised deal between Falconbrige (FL-T) and Finnish miner Outokumpu gives the former a 100% interest in the Montcalm nickel-copper deposit, near Timmins, Ont.In 2000, Fa…