Nord gets green light for mine
A feasibility study has determined that the Johnson Camp copper mine near Tucson, Ariz., can be reopened profitably now that prices for the red metal have improved.Nord Resources (NRDS-O) purchased th…
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Mustang busy at East Bull Lake
Three more holes drilled at the East Bull Lake property, near Sudbury, Ont., have returned mixed results for Mustang Minerals (MMIN-C).Mustang is concentrating on two areas of the East Bull Lake intru…
Startup at the Emerald
The impressive beds of sediments on Iron Mountain, near Salmo, B.C., were a challenge to geologists. Beds of argyllite, limestone and quartzite stretched from the Sheep Creek Valley in the west to the…
Juniors complete merger
The proposed merger of Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) and Kit Resources is now complete.Wheaton River shareholders received one share of the merged company for each Wheaton River share held; Kit share…
Codelco, Billiton form biotech firm
Chilean state-owned Corporacion Nacional del Cobre (Codelco) and London-based Billiton have formed a joint venture to develop biotechnology applications for the processing of copper and molybdenum.The…
GOLD FUNDS (March 13, 2000)
Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.60$5.57Price$8.20$4.96Discount…
Canadian Venture Exchange breaks 4,000
The Canadian Venture Exchange tacked on an additional 396.49 points, or 10.36%, to finish the week ended March 7 at 4,224.79. The mining index followed suit, adding 251.02 points, or 6.52%, to its val…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (March 13, 2000)
77.43 (+0.61)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (March 13, 2000)
61.98 (+0.47)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Silvertip gets mixed results
The remaining 15 holes of a 22-hole underground drill program on the Silvertip zinc-lead-silver project in northwestern British Columbia have returned narrow intervals of “feeder-style” mineralization…
TSE INDICES (March 13, 2000)
DateMarch 7March 6March 3March 2March 1HighLowTSE 3009425.489580.069462.90…
Inco cuts nickel at Kelly Lake
Nickel major Inco (n-t) has announced an initial resource figure for a major nickel and platinum-group-metals deposit discovered in 1997 at Kelly Lake, near Sudbury, Ont.The deposit holds an estimated…