Geoscience builds bridges through NATMAP
A project focused on studying Nunavut’s gold potential was among the highlights of Canada’s National Geoscience Mapping Program (NATMAP) in 2000. The program, now in its 10th year, was developed by th…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
De Villiers to speak at meeting
Marq de Villiers, whose book Water won the 1999 Governor General’s Award for non-fiction, will speak at the joint annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) and the Mineralogical Ass…
Metal Prices (May 14, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMay 8May 7May 4May 3May 2Aluminium1584.50/1555…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (May 14, 2001)
DateMay 8May 7May 4May 3May 2HighLowTSE 3008064.208205.567981.687955.50…
Energy costs, environmental liabilities hurt Phelps Dodge
Denver — Higher energy costs forced Phelps Dodge (PD-N) to post a first-quarter loss of US$14.7 million (or 19 per share) before a pretax, non-recurring gain of US$28.9 million.The pretax gain came …
Boliden sells assets to restore strength
Financially beleaguered Boliden (BOL-T) reported a net loss of US$25.1 million (or 11 per share) for the first quarter of 2001, up from a net loss of US$18.1 million (18 per share) a year earlier.In…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, MAY 2-8
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 464818 41.90 40.09 40.34 – 1.16…
Assays awaited from Moose
BHP Diamonds has encountered sulphide mineralization in two holes while drilling for kimberlite on the Moose property in northeastern Manitoba.Edmonton-based New Blue Ribbon Resources (NBL-V), which c…
Buffalo Hills yields low diamond count
The quantity of stones in a kimberlite find at the Buffalo Hills project in north-central Alberta is insufficient to warrant further work.A 223.3-kg sample of drill core from kimberlite K281, discover…
Round three under way at Marlin
Vancouver — Armed with new trench results, junior Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has launched a third round of drilling ov…
West zone expanded
Vancouver — The first hole of this year’s drill program by Starfield Resources (SRU-V) has expanded the West zone…
Ashton Canada put on the block
Vancouver — Having acquired the Australian diamond assets of Ashton Mining, diversified mining giant Rio Tinto (RT…