Wheaton River gains Mexican foothold
After spending the better part of a year raising cash and disposing of certain development properties, the revamped management team of Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has struck a deal to buy the minin…
Newmont Mining Corporation
Northern Miner Indices (May 06, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…
Barrick eyes RDN (May 06, 2002)
Vancouver — Picking up where Newmont Mining (NEM-N) left off, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has inked a letter of intent to earn a 75% stake in Rimfire Minerals’ (RFM-V) RDN property in northwestern Br…
Minotaur cuts high grades
Vancouver — Junior Minotaur Resources has tabled impressive results from the Prominent Hill prospect at the Mt. Woods joint venture in southern Australia.Hole 5 was drilled 200 metres east of hole 3 …
Golds up in U.S.
With gold trading once again above US$300 per oz., the U.S.-listed majors turned in a strong performance over the report period ended April 23.Newmont Mining advanced 99 to US$29.24; AngloGold rose $…
Northern Miner Indices (April 29, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…
Arthur Brant
Dr. Arthur A. Brant, a founding father of mining geophysics, died recently at the age of 91 in Tucson, Ariz.’Doc Brant,’ as he was familiarly referred to by his many students and colleagues at Newmont…
eResearch looks at junior golds
In their inaugural Junior Gold Quarterly, mining analysts Bruce Reid and Don Poirier of Toronto-based Independent Equity Research (eResearch) have found good value in six North American gold juniors.T…
Newmont to redeem preferreds
Newmont Mining advanced $1.58 to US$28.19 over the report period ended April 16 as it called for the redemption (in mid-May) of all the issued and outstanding shares of its US$3.35 covertible preferre…
Northern Miner Indices (April 22, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…
Newmont drops stake in Lihir for US$84m
In a surprise move, Denver-based Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has sold its 9.7% equity holding in Papua New Guinea miner Lihir Gold (LIHRY-Q) via a block trade to Australian-based Macquarie Equity Capital M…
Prominent Hill’s centre proves barren
Only months after reporting a copper-gold intercept that rivaled the Olympic Dam discovery holes a quarter-century ago, Minotaur Resources has received mixed results from follow-up drilling on the Pro…