Gold Funds (December 18, 2000)
Gold Funds as of Dec. 7 2000Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.64$5.47Price…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Platexco takeover clears hurdle
The long-drawn-out takeover of platinum junior Platexco (PTX-T) by South Africa’s Impala Platinum Holdings has cleared its final regulatory hurdle and is now expected to close by year-end.In June, Imp…
From the hip
In the early 1970s, my brother Tony and I were staking fractions for Don McLeod’s Vancouver-based Northair Mines. The day was cold and damp, and we were perched high up on Sproat Mountain near Whistle…
Regulators create mining panel
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the umbrella body of provincial securities commissions, is creating a committee to advise it on issues related to mining and mineral exploration.The panel…
Arthur Roy
Arthur Roy, who discovered several uranium deposits near Kirkland Lake, Ont., has died. He was 84.Roy, who worked for Inco and, independently, as a prospector, staked 15 claims in the Kirkland Lake ar…
Spot Prices Wed. December 13, 2000
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$269.95-$0.90Silver$ 4.65-$0.06Platinum$622.00+$23.00…
LME Warehouse Levels (December 18, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 12/00 (change from Dec. 5 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium305675(-…
Staff Investment Policy (December 18, 2000)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
Strength returns to base metals
During the report period Dec. 4-8, base metals markets put in their best performance since late August, as funds rushed to cover short positions. The market was invigorated early in the week by hints …
Share and share alike
As a qualified physical scientist with a background in mineral sciences and mining, I dare say that if all good mineral science were shared and not cloaked in secrecy, as is the case in the mineral ex…
Inco enters new development phase at Goro
While falling short of actually making a production decision, Inco (N-T) has announced it is advancing its Goro nickel-cobalt project in New Caledonia to a new stage of development, keeping it on-trac…
Freewest advances Clarence Stream
Rollingdam, New Brunswick — Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-M) is preparing to launch a 3,000-metre program of diamond drilling at its Clarence Stream gold property in southwestern New Brunswick. The …