Prairie
Toronto-based junior McVicar Minerals (MVR-V) and Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) will jointly explore for nickel and platinum-group-element deposits in North America, particularly in the Lake Superio…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Resource base soars at Sigma mine
A re-thinking of the style of mineralization at McWatters Mining’s (MCW-T) Sigma-Lamaque open-pit gold operations in Val d’Or, Que., has resulted in a swelling of the resource base to at least 1.8 mil…
Miners optimistic at dawn of 1950
The first months of 1950 were ones of optimism. Production and dividends from Canadian mines were up, as was exploration diamond drilling. Claim-staking in Ontario, Quebec and the Northwest Territorie…
GOLD FUNDS (February 07, 2000)
Gold Funds as of Jan. 27, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.74$5.58…
LME Warehouse Levels (January 31, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 25/99 (change from Jan. 18 in brackets):Metal Stock(tonnes) Change…
Tropical excursion
Montserrat is a beautiful little island paradise 27 miles southwest of Antigua in the West Indies. A British crown colony, the island comprises only 40 sq. miles and has a population of about 12,000. …
CMHF
Manhattan expands at Tambo Grande
A massive sulphide camp is emerging at Manhattan Minerals’ (MAN-T) Tambo Grande project in northern Peru with the discovery of a third body of mineralization.A drill hole into the B-5 geophysical grav…
CMHF adds six members
At first glance, the six men inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame during a recent ceremony at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel seem to have little in common.Their accomplishments are diverse, incl…
Banks force Ashanti’s hand
Strapped for cash and with now place left to turn, beleaguered Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) has agreed to share its prized Geita gold project in Tanzania in an attempt to raise US$100 million in a separ…
Sins of the past
Few mining projects have had to carry as many social expectations as the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt project in Labrador. So heavy is the load that the project remains undeveloped, caught betwee…
TSE Shorts (January 31, 2000)
Short positions outstanding at January 15, 2000Larger individual positions include:Abitibi-Consolidated 1,293,672 up 288,552; Alcan Aluminum 1,417,558 up 374,821; Barrick Gold 4,623,810, up…