Gabriel tables study for Rosia Montana
Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) has announced the completion of a feasibility study of its 80%-owned Rosia Montana gold project in Romania. The study focuses on the potential for developing a large-scale op…
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WMC eyes nickel-copper project
Australia’s WMC (WMC-N) is aggressively exploring its Quebec 7 project, situated about 300 km north of Schefferville.An extensive airborne electromagnetic geophysical survey of some 16,000 line km has…
Silver Standard expands Manantial Espejo
Vancouver — Following a drill program at the Manantial Espejo silver-gold deposit in southern Argentina, Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has increased its indicated silver-equivalent resource at th…
Northern Miner Indices (August 20, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.7FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.5Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.3Homestake MiningHM-N6.4IncoN-T9.4Newm…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (August 20, 2001)
DateAugust 14August 13August 10August 9August 8HighLowTSE 3007605.527632.707644.727695.26…
Program tests Agnew Lake
South African major Anglo American Platinum has approved a $1.2-million budget for the Agnew Lake platinum group metals project in the Sudbury region of Ontario.Agnew Lake is owned by New Millennium M…
Aurora busy in Ontario, Quebec
Vancouver — Junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) is exploring seven projects in Ontario and Quebec, while, at the same time, seeking partnerships with major companies.At its Foy project, near Sudbury, Ont….
EPA needs more than soul-searching
It is not possible to please all of the people all of the time, and if the wildly divergent comments received during a recent online discussion are any indication, the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag…
Staff Investment Policy (August 20, 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…
A black name for Black Rock
The mother of all recent Arizona “desert dirt” plays was the project of International Precious Metals (IPM), 90 miles west of Phoenix.IPM started as a small-scale explorer of platinum, with shares tra…
Great Quest eyes Kenieba (August 20, 2001)
Vancouver — Great Quest Metals (GQ-V), a firm believer that gold prices will be heading higher, has added the Kenieba concession to its portfolio of gold properties in Mali, West Africa.The junior ca…
Glamis benefits from Latin American expansion (August 20, 2001)
A decade ago, Glamis Gold (GLG-T) was the quintessential American gold miner, operating mostly in eastern California, where environmental standards were, and remain, among the highest in the world. Th…