Atna acquires Clover gold prospect in Nevada
Vancouver — Atna Resources (ATN-T) has optioned the Clover gold prospect, located in the Midas district of North C…
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Trading Summary (February 25, 2003)
PLEASE NOTE: Technical problems have delayed The Northern Miner daily news service. Normal service will resume on F…
Placer Dome outlines plans for 2003
Vancouver In addition to ramping up gold production, Placer Dome (PDG-T) plans to reinvest US$220 million on its…
Falconbridge grounds Kidd for eight weeks (February 25, 2003)
Citing a poor zinc market, Falconbridge (FL-T) reports that it will extend to eight weeks the planned two-week main…
Golden Phoenix plans attack at Borealis (February 25, 2003)
Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) has tabled plans for a three-pronged exploration program at its Borealis gold proj…
Trading Summary (February 24, 2003)
The bears had a firm grip on the bulls’ nose rings in trading on Monday, with the TSX Composite index off 56.33 poi…
McWatters extends reach in northwestern Quebec
Two transactions, one with Quebec mining enterprise SOQUEM and another with Barrick Gold (ABX-T) will give McWatter…
Canico releases Onca drill results
Vancouver — Canico Resource (CNI-V) has tabled results from the first 77 holes in the company’s ongoing drill prog…
FNX, Dynatec table McCreedy West resource (February 24, 2003)
With production scheduled to begin in weeks, partners FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) have tabled resource es…
PT Inco triples earnings
Higher nickel prices allowed Inco’s (N-T) Indonesian subsidiary to triple its earnings in 2002 despite lower production numbers.PT Inco earned US$30.3 million (or US12 per share) for the year, on US$…
Editorial Cartoon (February 24, 2003)
CAMESE releases compendium
The Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export has released its seventh annual CAMESE Compendium of Canadian Mining Suppliers.The 164-page directory contains information on more …