Northern Miner Indices (November 20, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6ComincoCLT-T4.0FalconbridgeFL-T6.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.6Homestake MiningHM-N4….
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Pioneer busy at Riou Lake
Exploration work at the Riou Lake uranium project, operated by Pioneer Metals (PSM-T), has uncovered little mineralization. However, the company remains optimistic that its technical successes are nar…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 20, 2000)
DateNov. 14Nov. 13Nov. 10Nov. 9Nov. 8HighLowTSE 3009265.299115.05…
Metal Prices (November 20, 2000)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 14Nov. 13Nov. 10Nov. 9Nov. 8Aluminium1469/1487…
Quaterra stakes ground
A program being planned by Quaterra Resources (QTA-V) will test newly staked ground covering the Big Bar volcanogenic massive sulphide prospect, 110 miles northeast of Nome, on Alaska’s Seward Peninsu…
VMS find spurs activity near Merritt
Vancouver — The discovery of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization along the busy Coquihalla Highway near Merritt, B.C., has sparked a staking rush in the province’s Okanagan region.”It …
Drilling resumes at Tambo Grande
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) has resumed drilling of the B-5 massive sulphide body at its Tambo Grande project in northern Peru.The program will determine the extent of a high-grade copper zone discover…
Marsfontein still producing
The Land Claims Court of South Africa has dimissed an application to halt activities at the Marsfontein diamond mine, reports SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T).The Ga-Magashula Community Trust had filed f…
Fortune advances Mazenod Lake property
The summer drill program at the Mazenod Lake property of Fortune Minerals (FT-T), about 170 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T., has confirmed earlier grade estimates and indicated some extensions to …
Titanium-sand beds extended
NAR Resources (NRL-M) has found an additional zone of titanium mineralization at the Truro heavy-mineral sands project in Nova Scotia.Known as the Southern Extension, the zone is a 2-km-long sand bar …
Namibian slips into the red
Exceptional costs and fewer sales translated into a small quarterly loss for marine diamond miner Namibian Minerals (NMR-T).Losses in the three months ended Sept. 30 totalled US$665,000 (or 1 per sha…
Market awaits election outcome
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average fell 271.12 points, or 2.5%, to 10,681.06 for the period ended Nov. 14, owing to uncertainty and confusion surrounding the U.S. presidential election.However…