Carnival eyes Philippine property
Under an agreement that is still subject to a due diligence review, Carnival Resource (CNE-V) can acquire a private company that holds rights to a mineral property in the San Fabian area of the Philip…
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Navigator arranges financing
Junior Navigator Exploration (NVR-V) has arranged a brokered private placement in order to finance exploration of its diamond properties in Ontario and the Northwest Territories.The financing consists…
Junior eyes nickel project
Having acquired five properties on Quebec’s North Shore, Ressources Appalaches (APP-M) plans to drill-test the ground for its nickel-cobalt-copper potential.Three of the properties are 90 km north of …
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (November 20, 2000)
67.75 (-0.90)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (November 20, 2000)
42.89 (-0.04)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
EVENTS (November 20, 2000)
Nov. 22-24 Northwest Territories 28th Annual Geoscience Forum — Organizer: N.W.T. Chamber of Mines, Yellowknife. Contact Jo Ann Tiemessen. Tel: (867) 873-5281. Fax: (867) 920-2145. E-mail: nwtmines@s…
Positive study tabled for Finlayson
The Finlayson zinc project in southeastern Yukon is technically and economically viable, according to a prefeasibility study which assumes that the sulphide concentrates are marketable without any sec…
November mean month for gold mining
The brutal combination of high costs and weak prices has forced several companies to suspend mining and development activities at gold projects that aren’t robust enough to survive an industry downtur…
DRC’s drilling tests resource below pit at Afton
Six months of drilling from the floor of the Afton open pit, 10 km west of Kamloops, B.C., has — predictably enough — delivered a substantial copper and precious metal resource to owner DRC Resource…
Exploration spending declines
Total spending allocated for worldwide exploration of nonferrous metals increased steadily from 1993 to 1997, when it peaked at an estimated US$5.2 billion, according to Halifax, N.S.-based Metals Eco…
Exchange Rates (November 20, 2000)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateNov. 14Nov. 13Nov. 10Nov. 9Nov. 8US$ in C$1.5446Holiday1.54551.54…