2000

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6ComincoCLT-T4.0…

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)Dec. 12Dec. 11Dec. 8 Dec. 7Dec. 6…

Vancouver — Having completed a third phase of drilling at its Tambo Grande project in northern Peru, Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is encouraged by the thickness of mineralization encountered in the Cop…

While falling short of actually making a production decision, Inco (N-T) has announced it is advancing its Goro nickel-cobalt project in New Caledonia to a new stage of development, keeping it on-trac…

In October 1976, the Alaska Miners Association (AMA) held its first statewide convention in Anchorage to discuss, among other things, a federal government proposal to withdraw up to 80 million acres o…

Rollingdam, New Brunswick — Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-M) is preparing to launch a 3,000-metre program of diamond drilling at its Clarence Stream gold property in southwestern New Brunswick. The …

Stepout drilling at the Meliadine West gold project has led to the discovery of new mineralization west of the Tiriganiaq zone.Situated near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Meliadine West is a joint venture am…

Following a break during the rainy season, Montreal-based Semafo (SMF-T) has begun exploring for minerals in four West African countries.In Niger, on the Samira-Libiri properties, the company is engag…

The world’s oldest international money, gold, could become an important element of the world’s newest currency — digital money.Digital money systems are being developed to offer methods of payment th…

I found the recent Odds ‘N’ Sods by A.J. Naldrett most interesting. (See “The Shatter cones of Sudbury” in T.N.M., Nov. 13/00). It’s also a lesson we should all remember.When, in 1964, Robert Dietz pr…

Gold Funds as of Dec. 7 2000Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.64$5.47Price…