THE NORTHERN MINER — Small Producers Index (October 04, 1999)
73.26 (+8.81)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
1999
Crown Jewel challenge rejected — Ruling cites congressional approval of $160m mine
Partners Crown Resources and Battle Mountain Gold have cleared the latest in a long line of hurdles toward the development of the Crown Jewel gold mine in Washington state.The latest victory stems fro…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — NEWS ROUNDUP — Jaguar drills copper prospect
A drill program by International Jaguar Equities (JAG-V) is testing a copper-silver porphyry system at the Northwest copper prospect in the Taseko Lakes region, 200 km north of Vancouver, B.C.The 4-ho…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Brit sale buoys gold
A weak U.S. dollar pushed the Dow Jones industrial average down 311.86 points, or 2.9%, for the report period ended Sept. 21.Spot gold, on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, jumpe…
NAME CHANGE (September 27, 1999)
Caesars Gold (CZA-V) has changed its name to Caesars Explorations (CZA-V) on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.
Coleraine wraps up work
Coleraine Mining Resources (CRI-T) has completed a summer drilling program on the Perron gold prospect at its Normetal property in northwestern Quebec.Nine holes totalling 1,505 metres were drilled, w…
Caribgold options claims
An agreement with Beaufield Consolidated Resources (BFD-V) sets the stage for CaribGold Resources (CG-T) to acquire a 50% interest in 400 claims in the Lac Evans area of northwestern Quebec.The proper…
Great Basin drills Ivanhoe
Armed with $6.3 million in financing, Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) has begun testing its Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin Trend.The target is bonanza-grade, gold-silver veins similar to those being min…
El Callao starts feasibility
El Callao Mining (ECM-V) is one step closer to developing the Lo Increible gold property in southeastern Venezuela, following completion of geostatistical drilling of open-pit reserves.The 19-hole pro…
Goldcorp gives Red Lake mine a facelift
The Red Lake mine, one of Canada’s longest-running gold mines before labour troubles laid it to rest in 1996, is fast approaching its rebirth.Since May, Goldcorp (G-T) has spent $11.6 million rebuildi…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Sandy gold
Shortly after the First World War, a mining engineering student was taken to a copper showing at Indian Reserve 70, south of Lake Abitibi in Quebec, by an Indian guide who had discovered it.”Not too m…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Yorkton analysts see turnaround at Eldorado Gold
Junior mining companies may be turning into dot.coms by the droves, but those still in the mineral exploration game are being closely watched by Yorkton Securities’ high-profile mining duo of Doug Lei…