THE NORTHERN MINER– Small Producers Index
63.76 (-0.49)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Gold price nudges up towards $300 mark
Gold flickered back to life during the report period ended Nov. 23, with spot prices climbing US$2.40 over the week to US$297.85 per oz. on the Nov. 24 London morning fix. Gold was trading above US$29…
SPOT PRICES Wed. November 24, 1999
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$297.85+$2.40Silver$ 5.170.00…
THE NORTHERN MINER– North American Mining Index
93.45 (-0.76)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Anglogold inks deal in Colombia
Anglogold (AU-N) can earn a half-interest in a 100-sq.-km Colombian land package held by Conquistador Mines (CMG-V). In return, the South African-based major must spend US$2.5 million on exploration o…
LME WHSE LEVELS (November 29, 1999)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 23/99 (change from Nov. 16 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…
EXPLORATION ’99 – RARE METAL EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Avalon updates Big Whopper
Avalon Ventures (AVL-V) has updated a prefeasibility study of its wholly owned Big Whopper petalite (lithium silicate) deposit, north of Kenora, Ont.The company now expects that market demand for its …
EXPLORATION ’99 – GeoNova adds ground in Que.
Montreal-based GeoNova Explorations (GNE-M) has acquired the Gander gold property, northwest of Lebel-sur-Quvillion, Que.The property is contiguous with GeoNova’s Discovery project, which hosts a kno…
Greystar updates resource
Junior Greystar Resources (GSL-T) has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Angostura gold-silver property in northeastern Colombia.Indicated and inferred resources now stand at 9.3 milli…
Cancor tallies Gemini resource
Having sunk an additional eight holes, Cancor Mines (KCR-M) is calculating a preliminary resource for its Gemini volcanogenic massive sulphide property in northwestern Quebec.Work to date has defined …
Partners seek base metals in Hearst
Partners Dumont Nickel (DNI-M) and North Atlantic Nickel have doubled the size of their Albany property, near Hearst, Ont.The pair added to the 72-sq.-km land package owned by North Atlantic by stakin…
COMMENTARY — Policies, bans spell trouble
.BBby David GoldmanJohn Carrington, chairman of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and chief operating officer of Barrick Gold, did not mince words in a recent speech at Toronto’s Empire Club abou…