Northern Miner Indices (September 18, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T22.7ComincoCLT-T3.8FalconbridgeFL-T7.0Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.8Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.7Homestake MiningHM-N5….
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Producer and Dealer Prices (September 18, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,750/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$14.20-16.00/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.9205/lb.Indium: I…
Berland prepares for busy exploration season
Junior Berland Resources (BNL-V) has closed a brokered $350,000 private placement financing with Yorkton Securities to finance exploration at properties in Ontario and Manitoba.Berland will immediatel…
Production rise at Con, Giant benefits Miramar
Though it remains in the red, Miramar Mining (MAE-T) reports that increased production at the Con and Giant mines in Yellowknife has strengthened its bottom line. Moreover, the company expects lower o…
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Program boosts Samira/Libiri
A summer drill program has expanded the newly discovered Libdorado gold zone and potentially added to the existing resource base at the Samira Hill/Libiri project in Niger, West Africa.Partners Etrusc…
Homestake closes namesake mine
After more than a century of production, the venerable Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, will cease mining and milling operations at the end of 2001.The decision to close America’s oldest gol…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, Sept. 6-12
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangePlacer DomeT 15414 15.25 13.30 14.55 + 1.00…
Gold Funds (September 18, 2000)
Gold Funds as of September 7, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$12.84$5.39Price…
Financial woes mount for Imperial
Despite cost-cutting efforts, Imperial Metals (IPM-T) is still not producing profits at its Mount Polley and Huckleberry copper mines in B.C.The company lost $4.4 million, or 5 per share, on revenues…
Cominco flashes green light for Pend Oreille
With the Sullivan and Polaris mines scheduled to close in the next two years, Cominco (CLT-T) will spend US$70 million to reopen the past-producing Pend Oreille zinc-lead mine near Metaline Falls in n…
Anatolia proves up porphyry prospect in Turkey
Anatolia Minerals Development (AMCD.U-C) is encouraged by results from channel-sampling carried out on two subparallel traverses on the Cukurdere porphyry-skarn prospect in eastern Turkey.The upper tr…