Index (May 17, 1999)
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Rapu Rapu advances to feasibility stage
Australian-based Lafayette Mining is proceeding with a preliminary feasibility study at the Rapu Rapu polymetallic project in the Philippines.The company heads up a group that can earn a 75% interest …
SUPPLIERS NEWS ROUNDUP — US coal miners reap benefits
Miners in North Dakota are the best-paid in the U.S. coal industry, according to a study by a Spokane, Wash.-based engineering firm.Western Mine Engineering found that miners at the state’s four large…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Falling gold wipes out gains
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 140.04 points, or 1.3%, to 11,026.15 during the report period ended May 11.Heavy trading marked the week as the bottom fell out of the gold price after the Bri…
Gammon takes bulk sample
With results in hand from a bulk-sampling program, Gammon Lake Resources (GAML-C) is gearing up for a 1,000-metre drilling program at its Brenda mine property in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Earlier this …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Many mineros poor but happy
The following is the third in a series of articles in which the author, an exploration geologist based in Delta, B.C., recounts his experiences working in the jungles of Venezuela in the late 1980s an…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Labour needs a new agenda — Us and them
Canadians and Americans are different in one major way, a visiting foreign businessman once observed. South of the 49th Parallel, the American Dream — the notion that Joe Average can become Top Dog t…
Gold group retains law firm
A New Hampshire group calling itself the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) has retained the Philadelphia law firm Berger & Montague to help it investigate allegations of manipulation in the gold…
TSE INDICES (May 10, 1999)
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Gold Funds (May 10, 1999)
Gold Funds as of April 29, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$14.395.72Price$9.90$5.
America Mineral Fields hangs tough in DRC
With political instability continuing to cripple foreign mining ventures in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) has battened down the hatches and is now waiting to r…
Placer tables strong first-quarter earnings
By reducing costs and increasing production, Placer Dome (PDG-T) continues to perform strongly, as evidenced by results from the first quarter.The company earned US$25 million (or 10 cents per share) …