CDNX sinks as warships set sail
Vancouver — With U.S. forces assembling in the Persian Gulf, the prospect of a prolonged “battle against terrorism” took its toll on Canada’s junior exchange during the week ended Sept. 25. The Canad…
2001
Third kimberlite found at Rockinghorse
Kennecott Canada Exploration has made another kimberlite discovery on Tahera’s (TAH-T) Rockinghorse property in Nunavut. It is the third such discovery since the current exploration campaign began.The…
AK claims yield more diamonds (October 01, 2001)
A total of 1,665 carats of diamonds have been recovered from sample concentrates from the Hearne and 5034 kimberlite pipes on the AK claims in the Northwest Territories.Drilling by De Beers Canada, a …
Metal Prices (October 01, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateSept. 25Sept. 24Sept. 21Sept. 20Sept. 19…
CVG explores options at Las Cristinas
Vancouver — Since the early 1990s, when a host of foreign companies entered southeastern Venezuela in search of large gold deposits, the advancement of the historical Kilometre 88 mining district has…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, SEPT. 19-25
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N82523830.6327.3630.04-0.16…
Rex drills targets in Mauritania (October 01, 2001)
Rex Diamond Mining’s (RXD-T) drilling campaign at its Karet South permit in north-central Mauritania has turned up more evidence of nickel, gold and platinum-group-metal mineralization.The drilling wa…
Klipspringer produces early
Diamond production has begun on the newly commissioned no. 4 level at SouthernEra Resources’ (SUF-T) Klipspringer diamond mine in South Africa, some six months ahead of schedule.SouthernEra now estima…
Tom restructures assets (October 01, 2001)
Rouyn-Noranda, Que.-based Tom Exploration (TUM-M) has distributed to its shareholders 13.7 million shares of subsidiary Treegenic, a forestry biotechnology research firm.The spinoff firmly dropped Tom…
Hucamp bullish on historic Alexo project
Channel sampling by Hucamp Mines (YHU-V) has returned encouraging nickel and platinum-group-element (PGE) assay values along strike of the historic Alexo mine, near Timmins, Ont.Mechanical stripping e…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (October 01, 2001)
68.45 (-3.85)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (October 01, 2001)
43.24 (-2.4)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…