NovaGold spins off assets
Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) and Viceroy Resource (VOY-T) have formed an company to explore for gold in the Yukon and British Columbia.Dubbed SpectrumGold, the company will hold all of Nova…
Placer Dome Inc
Broad market stages rally
Fueled in part by gains in the gold and base metal sectors, the Toronto Stock Exchange rocketed 148.32 points over the April 30-May 6 report to land at 6,693.71.By the period’s end, the gold group had…
Phelps Dodge trims quarterly losses
Vancouver — A change in the accounting of retirement benefits helped the world’s second-largest copper producer reduce its losses in the first quarter.Phoenix-based Phelps Dodge (PD-N) lost US$15 mil…
Northern Miner Indices (May 05, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T20.0%CamecoCCO-T3.6%FalconbridgeFL-T4.6%Freeport McM BFCX-N5.8%GoldcorpG-T4.5%IncoN-T8.0%Kinross GoldK-T4.5%Newmont MiningNEM…
Profit-takers step in
The Toronto Stock Exchange moved lower over the report period April 23-29, with profit-taking marking the end of a rally that lasted more than three weeks. The TSX Composite index fell 37.53 points to…
Benchmark, gold stage rally
The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index began the holiday-shortened April 16-22 report period in retreat mode but quickly found its footing to finish the week 97.74 points ahead. Fueling the rally …
South Africans target platinum in Zimbabwe
Vancouver — Over the past decade, platinum miners have been eager to advance known deposits on Zimbabwe’s Great Dyke, home to the world’s second-largest reserve of platinum. However, a strong nationa…
Placer Dome gives nod to Getchell project
Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) is preparing to start up the Turquoise Ridge gold mine, part of the Getchell project in northwestern Nevada’s Humboldt Cty.The daily milling rate is projected to be 1,…
Cameco swept away by McArthur River flood
Cameco was the biggest newsmaker over the April 9-15 report period, announcing a possible suspension to production at the McArthur River mine in Saskatchewan. A shutdown translates into $4-5 million a…
Golds flat as broad market rebounds
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index advanced 27.56 points to end the April 2-8 report period at 6,438.71 as the U.S.-led coalition marched into Baghdad and raised hopes for a quick co…
Crystallex tallies Las Cristinas reserves (April 07, 2003)
Vancouver — Crystallex International (KRY-T) has tabled a new reserve estimate for the long-stalled Las Cristinas gold project in southeastern Venezuela.An independent study by Reno, Nev.-based Mine …
Placer cuts hedge book (April 07, 2003)
Vancouver — North America’s third-largest gold company reduced its hedging program by 1.1 million oz. in the first quarter of 2003.Placer Dome (PDG-T) converted 920,000 oz., which were committed unde…