Hecla ends year on down note
Denver — After writing down the value of the Lucky Friday silver mine in Idaho and tacking on charges from two reclamation sites, Hecla Mining (HL-N) posted a substantial loss in the fourth quarter, …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Golds make gains as TSE dives
The Toronto Stock Exchange treated investors to another wild ride over the report period March 7-13, as another blue Monday hit the telecom stocks. The TSE 300 composite index sank 205 points on March…
PNWC raises grade at River Valley
Vancouver — Early results from an ongoing 11,000-metre drill program by Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) have boosted the economical prospects of the River Valley platinum- palladium project in Ont…
Lupin boosts Echo Bay
Denver — The Lupin mine in Nunavut contributed to a 42% increase in gold production in the fourth quarter for Echo Bay Mines (ECO-X), propelling the company to a profit for 2000.The company’s gold pr…
Market mayhem misses CDNX
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange managed to survive the recent market meltdown with relatively minor damage. The oil-and-gas and mining indices managed to stay in positive territory while tech st…
Rubicon hits more gold at McCuaig
Vancouver — Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has cut a new gold-bearing structure at the McCuaig project in Red Lake, Ont.Company geologists describe the mineralized zone as a sulphide-bearing silicified and…
Miramar, Hope Bay cut new gold zone
Vancouver — Partners Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) have cut a new zone of gold mineralization west of the Madrid deposit on their Hope Bay property in Nunavut.Dubbed Naartok, the z…
Aurora bullish over Midrim results
Vancouver — Drill results from the Midrim nickel-sulphide property in Quebec continue to indicate encouraging grades for junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V).The project is 20 km northeast of Ville-Marie, …
TVX board shrinks as Batista walks
Flamboyant Brazilian millionaire Eike Batista is resigning as chairman, chief executive officer and director of TVX Gold (TVX-T), effective April 1.Directors Nigel Lees and Ian Rugeroni are also resig…
Viceroy adds to New Morning resource
Vancouver — Junior Viceroy Resource (VOY-T) has bolstered the resource estimate at the New Morning nickel-sulphide deposit, adjacent to the company’s Bounty mine in Western Australia.Based on 2,252 m…
‘Help us become like you’
If it works, don’t fix it, or so the saying goes. Free enterprise works well, if done right, but that hardly matters to the thousands of well-fed and well-educated citizens who plan to protest its ill…
