Meridian drops Machacala
Shares of Montreal-based junior Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-V) were sent reeling on Nov. 19, after the company announc…
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Trading Summary (November 18, 2002)
Toronto’s gold stocks followed the yellow metal lower on Monday, dropping 3.79 points or more than 2% to end at 179…
Emerald interest resurfaces in Yukon
Vancouver In the autumn of 1998, field geologist Bill Wengzynowski sparked a flurry of exploration activity by di…
Canico cuts new zone in Brazil
Vancouver An ongoing 11,000-metre drill program has discovered a new zone of nickel laterite mineralization on th…
AfriOre adds to gold stable
Continuing its move into the gold business, AfriOre (AFO-T) has been awarded a special prospecting licence for the…
Partners sink $5.4m underground at McCreedy West
FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) have begun a $5.4-million underground exploration program at the McCreedy Wes…
Kikerk Lake returns promising stones
A delineation hole confirming the dyke-like nature of the Stellaria kimberlite on the Kikerk Lake joint-venture property in the Coronation Gulf region of Nunavut has yielded a modest microdiamond coun…
Higher output gives Hecla boost
Vancouver — A combination of higher production and lower costs propelled Hecla Mining (HL-N) into profitability during the third quarter.The Idaho-based miner earned US$1.5 million (or US2 per share…
Editorial Cartoon (November 18, 2002)
A blank cheque for waste
In early 2000, we noted that smelters in western North America that generated their own electricity were making more money from selling power than they were from selling metal.Looks like they may get …
PDAC, BCSC co-host workshop
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada and the British Columbia Securities Commission are hosting a discussion of the new Continuous Market Access system.The Continuous Market Access syste…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (November 18, 2002)
69.77 (-1.12)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…