BHP identifies 22 targets in Lac de Gras area
BHP Diamonds, a division of Australia-based BHP (BHP-N), has identified 22 potential kimberlite targets on the DHK and WI joint-venture claim blocks in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territorie…
SouthernEra Resources Limited
Northern Miner Indices (January 15, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.7ComincoCLT-T4.5FalconbridgeFL-T6.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.8Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.0Homestake MiningHM-N3….
Palladium shoots past US$1,000-per-oz. mark
Palladium was the bright light among the precious metals during the Jan. 3-9 report period, at last cracking the US$1,000-per-oz. barrier to reach a record high of US$1,047 per oz. Prices for palladiu…
SouthernEra sells flow-through shares
Toronto-based SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has raised $1.65 million for domestic exploration.The company issued 733,333 units at $2.25 apiece, or roughly 18% above its current share price. Each unit …
Northern Miner Indices (January 08, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.7…
Year is capped by Aber’s sale of Snap Lake to De Beers
Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) has agreed to sell its 32.24% interest in the promising Snap Lake project to South Africa’s De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) for $173 million.The move came just days after Lo…
Northern Miner Indices (November 27, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6ComincoCLT-T4.0FalconbridgeFL-T6.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.6Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Northern Miner Indices (November 20, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6ComincoCLT-T4.0FalconbridgeFL-T6.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.6Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Marsfontein still producing
The Land Claims Court of South Africa has dimissed an application to halt activities at the Marsfontein diamond mine, reports SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T).The Ga-Magashula Community Trust had filed f…
Northern Miner Indices (November 06, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6…
Writedowns pull SouthernEra into red
Writedowns eroded what would otherwise have been a profitable year for SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T).In 1999, net losses totalled $24 million (or 90 per share) on revenue of $48 million, compared wit…
Panic hits broad market but sidesteps resource stocks
Stricken by panic leading up to and following the much-anticipated U.S. federal court ruling against Microsoft, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index nosedived 781.01 points between March 29 and April …