THE NORTHERN MINER — Small Producers Index (July 12, 1999)
65.89 (+1.55)
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Companies (July 12, 1999)
Aber ResourcesAfrioreAlta GoldArabian Shield DevelopmentArchon MineralsAsarcoAshanti GoldfieldsAtna ResourcesBanro ResourceBarrick GoldBattle Mountain GoldBHP DiamondsBolidenBroken Hill ProprietaryCam…
THE NORTHERN MINER — North American Mining Index (July 12, 1999)
94.45 (-1.43)
Tahera pulls more diamonds from Contwoyto-1
Based on favourable microdiamond results received from the Contwoyto-1 kimberlite at the Jericho project in Nunavut, Tahera (TAH-T) has decided to take a 35-to-50-tonne mini-bulk sample to determine t…
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EDITORIAL & OPINION — Production cuts benefit copper market — Hope for base metals
It has been the received wisdom in the copper market that the number and size of the new projects that are coming on stream over the next decade will mean a massive glut of copper. If the price of cop…
CORRECTION (July 12, 1999)
In our July 5 report on Seahawk Minerals (SKM-V), the Piteiras property in Brazil was compared with the Muzo artisonal emerald mine in Colombia. Seahawk maintains tight security at Piteiras and has ne…
Old copper mine is for the birds — Miner, conservation group join to create wetlands
The past-producing Solbec mine, near Stratford, Que., will become a nature preserve under a partnership between owner Cambior and conservation group Ducks Unlimited.Cambior will spend $120,000 over th…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Base metal majors buoyed by copper prices
Copper was the big story during the June 30-July 6 report period, with prices shooting up 5 cents, to 75 cents per lb., in response to a series of cutbacks in copper mining and smelting operations in …
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — UK gold sale hits producers
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 319.77 points, or 3%, during the holiday-shortened report period of June 30-July 6, closing just short of an all-time high at 11,135.12.Britain’s July 6 auction…
Corriente drilling at Cerro Tasna
Diamond drilling is under way at the Cerro Tasna gold project in southwestern Bolivia.Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) is conducting the 2,000-metre program in an effort to test the main target area, which…
Fantasma results fail to impress
Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) has released disappointing drill results from the Fantasma project in northwestern Argentina.The 7-hole, 1,923-metre program of reverse-circulation drilling focused on the p…