Odds ‘n’ sods: Flying over Red Lake
The idea of flying prospectors and supplies into the field occurred to John Hammel in 1925, when he engaged the air service branch of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests to fly 15 tons of supp…
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MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, NOV. 13-19
ExchgVol (000s)HighLowCloseChangeKinross GoldT273813.082.722.73-0.35…
Breakwater suffers credit crunch (November 25, 2002)
Zinc miner Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) has entered talks with its creditors after announcing it probably will be unable to make certain scheduled debt payments by Jan. 2.The talks are aimed at extend…
Black Hawk posts small quarterly loss
With production from the Limon gold mine in Nicaragua down from last year, Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) lost US$432,000 on revenue of US$4.3 million in the three months ended Sept. 30.For the first nine …
Corner Bay-Pan Am merger delayed
The closing date of the merger between Corner Bay Silver (BAY-T) and Pan American Silver (PAA-T) has been delayed until mid-December while the latter continues to secure a water source to enable heap-…
Spot Prices Wed. November 13, 2002 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$319.00-$4.20Silver$ 4.55-$0.02Platinum$593.00+$…
Exchange Rates (November 25, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateNov. 19Nov. 18Nov. 15Nov. 14Nov. 13US$ in C$1.58521.59021.58…
Trading Summary (November 22, 2002)
Toronto’s gold stock enjoyed an afternoon surge by the yellow metal, gaining 1.42 points to end the week at 168.92…
Cambior secures US$65m for Rosebel
Cambior (CBJ-T) says it has received a commitment for US$65 million in new financing to put toward developing the R…
Horne workers vote no
Noranda (NRD-T) said late on Thursday that 510 unionized workers at its Horne copper smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Queb…
Northgate advances Kemess North
Vancouver — Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) has launched a prefeasibility study over its Kemess North copper-gold pr…
Atna eyes Carlin gold
Vancouver – Shifting away from its traditional base metal roots, Atna Resources (ATN-T) has picked up two gold pros…