Miramar sets sights on Boston Deeps (December 09, 2002)
Vancouver – The largest drill program planned for Canada in 2003 may have gotten 9,000 metres bigger with Miramar M…
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Rubicon kicks off drill campaign at Rivard gold project
Vancouver — Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has recently commenced a 1,800-metre drill program at its recently acquired R…
Kinross drilling intersects gold on Duquesne West
Drilling by Kinross Gold (K-T) on the Duquesne West property northwest of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., where it is earning…
Trading Summary (December 09, 2002)
Even a $6.4-billion merger proposal from Manufacturers Life for Canada Life wasn’t enough to hold off the profit ta…
Minera Andes looks to expand San Jose
Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina — Minera Andes (MAI-V) will drill-test several targets on its 88-sq.-km San Jose property in southern Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.The 4,000-metre diamond drilling pr…
Editorial Cartoon (December 09, 2002)
Lending Rates (December 09, 2002)
as of 4 pm ET, Dec. 3, 2002(%)Bank of Canada3.00Canadian Prime4.50U.S. Discount0.75U.S. Prime4.25LIBOR US$ 3-month1.42LIBOR US$ 6-month1.46LIBOR US$ 1-year1.70Gold lease 3-month0.27Gold lease…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (December 09, 2002)
69.61 (+2.42)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (December 09, 2002)
70.03 (-0.65)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Modest recovery projected for base metals in 2003
This article is the second of two instalments devoted to base metals and was culled from Barclays Capital’s monthly report The Commodity Refiner. Part 1 appeared in our Dec. 2-8 issue, and a separate …
LME Warehouse Levels (December 09, 2002)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 3 (change from Nov. 26 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium(-13925)…
PEOPLE (December 09, 2002)
Axmin — Craig Banfield appointed secretary.Cumberland — Kerry Curtis appointed interim president and CEO; Walter Segsworth appointed co-chairman.EuroZinc — Graham Mascall appointed dir…