2000

53.73 (-1.51)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…

Gold Funds as of June 8, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.11$5.62Price$7.50…

Stronger showings by the utilities and high-tech sectors and a lessening of inflationary fears south of the border combined to push the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index 226.56 points higher during the…

Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has raised $5.7 million through a rights offering.Approximately three-quarters of the net proceeds will be used to fund the company’s continuing exploration programs in…

Anthony Williams-Jones, a professor of earth and planetary sciences at McGill University, has won the Duncan R. Derry Medal for outstanding contribution by an economic geologist.The award is presented…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$286.05-$0.90Silver$ 5.00-$0.05…

Toronto-based royalty company Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) and Johannesburg-based mining house Gold Fields (GOLD-Q) have announced plans to merge, thereby creating one of the world’s largest gold minin…

Dale Hoffman’s JNR Resources (JNN-V) was recommended as a speculative buy at 20 by Wolverton Securities analyst Tracy Hurley, based on the recent discovery of unconformity-type uranium mineralization…

Only two months since announcing its discovery, Noranda (NOR-T) has attached a resource to the Perseverance zinc-copper zone near its Matagami concentrator in northwestern Quebec.Inferred resources ar…

ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 445495 61.38 27.88 28.06 – 33.32…

Following a 13-hole drill program, Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) has decided to enter into an option to buy Falconbridge’s (FL-T) Bucko Lake property in the Thompson nickel belt, 100 km south of Thompson,…

It is marvelous to witness the growth and spread of technology, though we must be wary of the tendency to over-invest in some sectors while neglecting others.Consider mining. The industry has invested…