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The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (April 24, 2000)
50.77 (-2.99)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Gold Funds (April 24, 2000)
Gold Funds as of April 13, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$12.77$5.56Price$8.
MEETINGS (April 24, 2000)
April 25 Goodfellow — annual, generalApril 25 Plexmar — annual, specialApril 26 Jordex — annualApril 26 McWatters — annual, generalApril 26 Northern…
LME Warehouse Levels (April 24, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Apr. 18/00 (change from Apr. 11 in brackets):Aluminium704,800(-20,225)…
Producer and Dealer Prices (April 24, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,110/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.95/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.19/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$15.45-17.40/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.76/lb.Indium: Indi…
Yanacocha gold mine possibly world’s best: analyst
Having produced 1.7 million oz. gold at a total cash cost of US$103 per oz. last year, the Yanacocha mine in Peru now ranks as the largest gold producer in the Americas. Geoff Stanley, a mining analys…
Breakwater eyes Oued Amizour
A letter-of-intent agreement with an Algerian geological agency sets the stage for Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) to earn up to a 90% interest in the Oued Amizour zinc project, 10 km from the port city …
GQ reveals more diamonds
Ongoing geochemical sampling at the GQ diamond property near Wawa, Ont., has yielded more diamonds for Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T).Three macrodiamonds (stones with one dimension greater than 0.5 millim…
Twin Gold extends discovery
Sampling by Twin Gold Mining (TWG-T) has turned up more evidence of kimberlite dykes along a magnetic anomaly trend on the Torngat diamond project on the eastern side of Ungava Bay in northern Quebec….
Foran drills at McIlvenna Bay
Foran Mining (FOM-V) is performing 2,500 metres of follow-up drilling to test the depth extension of its McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper-gold deposit in the Flin Flon greenstone belt of northern Saskatchewa…
Falco has strong quarter Inco moves into the black
Higher metal prices and strong performances from its newest mines have propelled Falconbridge (FL-T) to a profitable first quarter.The company earned $109.5 million (or 60 per share) on revenue of $6…