Crystallex drills at Lo Incredible
Gold exploration in Venezeula is a shadow of what it was in the late 1980s, but several juniors, including Crystallex International (KRY-T), remain active in the region.Crystallex recently secured con…
2001
Staff Investment Policy (April 23, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
CVRD focuses on mining
Denver — Brazil’s iron-ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has sold its interest in steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID-N) in order to focus on its mining and transportation busin…
Drilling buoys Geomaque
The final three holes of a 15-hole drill program are keeping Geomaque (GEO-T) optimistic at its Marathon palladium project in northern Ontario.The Toronto-based junior sank 3,000 metres to delineate a…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (April 23, 2001)
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Queenston stakes gold prospect
Queenston Mining (QMI-T) has staked a 120-sq.-km claim block on the northwestern portion of Lake Abitibi in northeastern Ontario.The claims, situated in Steele, Purvis, Bowyer and Galna twps., cover a…
Ghana’s gold loses lustre as neighbours gain ground
Denver — Ghana’s status as a leading gold producer is being eclipsed by Tanzania, Guinea and Mali, according to a report in The Accra Mail, a private bi-weekly newspaper.Gold production in the West A…
Hunter-Dickinson options Ontario property
The Hunter-Dickinson group has entered into an option agreement for a nickel/platinum-group-metal (PGM) prospect near Beardmore, Ont. The 167-claim Eva-Kitto property is held 50-50 by East West Resour…
Smaller top line throws Rio Narcea for a loss
The combination of a lower gold price and a production shortfall at the El Valle mine in northwestern Spain resulted in a US$4.8-million loss for Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) in 2000.The loss include…
AMF, Anglo cut new deal at Kolwezi
A more stable political climate in the Democratic Republic of Congo has enabled America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) and Anglo American (AAUK-Q) to rework their deal to process the country’s Kolwezi tailing…
Miners feared dead in Zambia
As many as 10 miners are thought to be dead following a landslide at the Nchanga open pit, near the city of Chingola in north-central Zambia.Recovery operations are under way, though Benedict Chileshe…
Christian von Hessert
Christian von Hessert, chairman of Toronto-based Laramide Resources, has died. He was 59.Born in 1941 in New York, N.Y., von Hessert was a graduate of Columbia University and in 1971 received his mast…