Claude, Placer strike gold in Red Lake
Echoing the exploration success of their rival, Goldcorp (G-T), partners Placer Dome (PDG-T) and Claude Resources (CRJ-T) have discovered a high-grade gold system in the Red Lake camp of northw…
2002
Dummett killed in road accident
Geologist Hugo T. Dummett, whose knowledge of diamond exploration made BHP Billiton (BHP-N) a major force in world diamond mining, has died. He was 62.Dummett was killed in a single-car accident on a …
Pipes found on Victoria Island
With five new kimberlite discoveries under their belt, Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) and Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) are embarking on a helicopter-borne geophysical survey to firm-up additional drill…
Northern Miner Indices (September 09, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T23.2%CamecoCCO-T3.2%FalconbridgeFL-T5.2%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.8%GoldcorpG-T4.2%IncoN-T9.2%Meridian GoldMNG-T2.8%Newmont MiningNE…
Daily Metal Prices (September 09, 2002)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateSept. 3Sept. 2Aug. 30Aug. 29Aug. 28Al Alloy1221/123…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, AUG. 28 – SEPT. 3
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangePlacer DomeT1760616.2514.7516.18+1.22…
Gloomy start to September
A market rout on September’s first trading day in the U.S. might be a sign of further carnage to come this fall. For the report period ended Sept. 3, the major indices retested post-9-11 lows, with th…
Expats gunned down near Grasberg
An ambush along a road near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s Papua province has left three dead.A band of about 15 people armed with M-16 automatic weapons and a r…
Audit confirms Dolores gold-silver resource
Vancouver — An independent audit has confirmed Minefinders’ (MFL-T) resource estimate for the Dolores project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Pincock, Allen & Holt verified a measured, indicated and infe…
Diamond Fields on track for production renewal (September 09, 2002)
Having bought its own vessel, Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) is preparing to renew marine diamond production off the coast of Namibia.The junior’s main concession covers more than 70 km of coast…
Temex wraps up drilling at Juby project
Temex Resources (YTM-V) has completed an initial 4-hole, 698-metre drill program on the Juby gold project, 22 km west of Gowganda, Ont.Three of the holes were performed infilling on the eastern portio…
The dowser
There was a local promoter years ago in Nova Scotia who was obsessed with what he called his “mothers,” or motherlodes, on his gold property, which was in an old mining district famous for its gold de…