Goldcorp earnings up on Red Lake production
Goldcorp (G-T) has announced improved third-quarter earnings on higher production and improved gold prices.For the three months ended Sept. 30, the company earned US$10.6 million (or 13 per fully dil…
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Noranda keeps gobbling up Falco shares
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) — FMR Corp., which must report its trading activ…
IMA rewarded in Peru
IMA Exploration (IMR-V) is encouraged by early drill results from a gold-enriched massive sulphide showing on the Rio Tabaconas property in northwestern Peru.The junior recently completed a 30-hole, 1…
Drilling keeps Canadian Zinc bullish at Prairie Creek
Vancouver — Junior Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) remains encouraged by drill results at its wholly owned Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver property in the Northwest Territories.Recently, the company completed s…
Oliver poised to merge with private company
Vancouver — Oliver Gold (OGO-V) has proposed merging with privately owned Hastings Resource, which holds the rights to the Ona-Puma nickel laterite project, in the northern Brazilian state of Par.H…
Twin Mining tests Cargo 1 find
Twin Mining (TWG-T) completed summer drilling at the Jackson Inlet property in Nunavut by sinking a second hole into the Cargo 1 kimberlite discovery to delineate the pipe.Drilled at a right angle to …
Geomaque ups Marathon
Drilling and core sampling by Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has upped the resource estimate at the Marathon palladium project in Ontario’s Hemlo camp.The total measured and indicated resource now stan…
Rio drills Cukurdere
Having already exceeded their 2001 drilling budget at the Cukurdere gold project in Turkey, Anatolia Minerals Development (YMC.U-V) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N) have earmarked another $500,000 for follow-up …
Northern Miner Indices (October 29, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.7FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.5Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.3Homestake MiningHM-N6.4IncoN-T9.4Newm…
Imperial project granted new lease on life
Vancouver — The stalled permitting process for Glamis Gold’s (GLG-T) Imperial project in Southern California got a…
Cambior post loss on lower revenue
Cambior (CBJ-T) has posted lower earnings for the three months ended September 30, owing to lower revenues and adju…
CVRD eyes copper in Brazil (October 26, 2001)
Vancouver — The world’s largest producer of iron ore has inked a US$42.5-million deal with Phelps Dodge (PD-N) to…