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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Spot Prices (March 05, 2000)
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$293.75-$11.50Silver$ 5.13-$0.13…
Exchange Rates (March 05, 2000)
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Venture Exchange buoyed by strong high-tech sector
Canada’s junior stock market blew past the 3,800-point level for the first time, helped by a strong technology index. The Canadian Venture Exchange tacked on 260.35 points, or 7.3%, during the report …
Placer Dome posts positive results for 1999
Despite incurring US$95 million in merger and write-down costs, Placer Dome (PDG-T) managed to turn a healthy profit in 1999.North America’s third-largest gold mining company earned US$35 million, (or…
Boliden poised for profitable turnaround
Shareholders of Boliden (BOL-T) haven’t had much to cheer about in the past few years, particularly those who bought shares when the base metal producer and refiner obtained its Canadian listing in 19…
Uranium exploration shows renewed signs of life
While uranium exploration isn’t what it was during its glory years a few decades ago, a high-grade discovery made by Cameco (CCO-T) at the La Rocque Lake claims in northern Saskatchewan has spurred se…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Feb. 23-29
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Stroud eyes high-grade Mexican silver deposit
Though still at an early stage of exploration, the Santo Domingo II project of Stroud Resources (SDR-T) is already showing signs of hosting a high-grade epithermal silver deposit.Santo Domingo lies in…
Wolfden drills Monument Bay
Initial drilling by Wolfden Resources (WOLF-C) at the Monument Bay gold project in northeastern Manitoba has returned encouraging results.The first four holes intersected an alteration zone with a str…
Partners explore Ecuador
Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) has joined forces with Arizona-based Lowell Mineral Exploration and London-listed Billiton to explore for porphyry copper deposits in southeastern Ecuador.The area of inter…
Sulliden finds new targets in Peru
Since an initial 10-hole drill program has failed to replicate promising surface results from the La Rubia and Boliche structures, Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) is shifting its focus to a silicified ri…