Editor’s Response
The Northern Miner received the letter from Mr. Sloan of Can-Cal Resources through several channels. Our assistant editor, James Whyte, felt obliged to reply to a number of points in the letter:Mr. Sl…
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MEETINGS (September 04, 2000)
Sept. 6 Goldhunter — annual, general, special; 4:15 p.m., Ont. Club, Commerce Court South, TorontoSept. 7 Aurado Expl. — specialSept. 7 Trans Hex — annual, special; 10 a.m., Ste. 2100,…
LME Warehouse Levels (September 04, 2000)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 29/00 (change from Aug. 22 in brackets):Metal Stock(tonnes) Change…
EVENTS (September 04, 2000)
Sept. 13-15 16th Canadian Tunnelling Conference — Organizer: Tunelling Association of Canada. Delta Centre-ville Hotel, Montreal, Que. Contact: France Goupil. Fax: (514) 521-4128. E-mail: gprmtl@…
Canadian mining: leaders in productivity
An information bulletin from Natural Resources Canada states that annual productivity growth in the country’s minerals and metals sector exceeded that of the total economy between 1984 and 1998.(The m…
CDNX grabs bull by horns
Canada’s junior exchange ended the report period Aug. 23-29 on a high note, with all indices posting gains. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index jumped 64.61 points, or 1.9%, to finish the we…
Billiton outbids Noranda offer
An international takeover battle for Rio Algom (RIO-T) is brewing in the form of a $1.7-billion offer by British conglomerate Billiton. The bid trumps an earlier one by Noranda (NOR-T) to the t…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (September 04, 2000)
DateAug. 29Aug. 288Aug. 25Aug. 24Aug. 23HighLowTSE 300111…
Pacific NW Capital kicks off next exploration phase
Surface-stripping and rock-sampling by Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) at the River Valley platinum-palladium property, near Sudbury, Ont., have uncovered mineralized breccias.The program is focuse…
Atna walks from Cobalt deal
Junior Atna Resources (ATN-T) has terminated a letter-of-intent to acquire a half-interest in the Madison Cobalt project, in southeastern Missouri, from U.S. Cobalt (USC-V).Based on its due diligence …
Metal Prices (September 04, 2000)
DateAug. 29Aug. 288Aug. 25Aug. 24Aug. 23BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Richmont in black again
A second good quarter is the reward for the bookkeeping adjustments made in 1999 by small gold producer Richmont Mines (RIC-T).Richmont, which operates gold mines in Quebec and Newfoundland, earned $1…