Silver Standard execs cash in options
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:- Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) — Michael Winn, director, exercised 37,500 option…
Aurora Platinum Corp
Investment Commentary — Best bets for 2002
The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector for their top picks and opinions for the year ahead. This week we talked with John Kaiser, publisher of the Ka…
Aurora finances work in Ontario
Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) has topped its treasury with a $1-million brokered financing by Haywood Securities.The Vancouver-based junior is exploring for nickel-copper-platinum group metal deposits in On…
CDNX loses ground on new S&P index
Vancouver — The Canadian Venture Exchange launched a new composite index during the week ended Dec. 11. Based on market capitalization, the Standard & Poor’s-CDNX Composite Index is meant to provide …
CDNX posts gains in active week
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange entered the Christmas season on a bullish note, posting gains on all indices during the week ended Dec. 4. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index added 15….
Noranda keeps gobbling up Falco shares
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) — FMR Corp., which must report its trading activ…
Aurora cuts Lansdowne House reef
Vancouver — Junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) has discovered reef-style platinum-palladium mineralization at the Lansdowne House property, northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.Hole 21, collared 120 metres of t…
Aurora Platinum, Platinova print new shares
Recent insider-trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:- Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) — FMR Corp., which must report its trading act…
Western market loses ground
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange posted losses on all indices during the report period ended Aug. 14. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index lost 17.65 points, or 0.6%, to close at 3,080.6…
Mining index leads rally for CDNX
Trading on Canada’s junior exchange perked up during the holiday-shortened week. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index closed the period ended Aug. 7 at 3098.27, up 35.26 points (or 1.1%). The…
Vannessa bucks downward trend
Gripped by the summer doldrums, the Canadian Venture Exchange composite index dropped 31.58 points, or 1%, to finish the report period ended July 24 at 3,073.7. The mining index remained relatively un…
Aurora cuts kimberlite at Belleterre
Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) has discovered a kimberlite body on the Midrim-Belleterre nickel/copper/-platinum-group-metal project in western Quebec. The junior made the discovery while drill-testing a cir…