PEOPLE (July 09, 2001)
Boliden — Jan Johansson appointed president and CEO.Dia Met — Kowie Strauss appointed chairman; Graham Nicholis, appointed president, CEO and director; Chris Ryder appointed company secretary and CF…
2001
Partners OK budget for Carat
Vancouver — Partners Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) and Tyler Resources (TYS-V) have approved a $860,000 summer exploration program on the Carat diamond property, some 350 km northeast of Yellowknife, N…
Grades confirmed at Magistral project
Vancouver — The first eight holes of this year’s drill program over the Magistral copper porphyry-skarn property in Peru have returned encouraging grades for partners Inca Pacific Resources (IP-V) an…
Virginia forms partnership with Placer Dome
Weeks after announcing a “strategic alliance” with Noranda (NRD-T), Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) has teamed up with Placer Dome (PDG-T) to explore for precious metals in the Labrador Trough regi…
Northern Miner Indices (July 09, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.8ComincoCLT-T4.9FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.0Homestake MiningHM-N6….
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, JUNE 27-JULY 3
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N39234940.8739.4040.40+2.34…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (July 09, 2001)
DateJuly 3July 2June 29June 28June 27HighLowTSE 3007748.32Holiday…
X-Cal, Kinross extend deal Prairie Creek
A newly extended agreement with Kinross Gold (K-T) allows X-Cal Resources (XCL-T) to acquire 100% of the Sleeper gold project in Nevada.X-Cal will pay 500,000 shares to Kinross as consideration for th…
Metal Prices (July 09, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJuly 3July 2June 29June 28June 27Aluminium1452.50/1…
Tiberon advances Nui Phao project
Vancouver — With a scoping study in hand, Tiberon Minerals (TBR-V) plans to conduct metallurgical tests on the Nui Phao polymetallic project in Vietnam.The bench-scale metallurgical study, slated to …
Wolfden makes splash at High Lake project in NWT
Vancouver — Assay results from the first hole drilled by Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) indicate potential for expanding the known resource at the High Lake polymetallic property in Nunavut.The hole was c…
Linear bullish after trenching
Channel sampling by Linear Resources (LRR-V) at the Seymour Lake property, near Armstrong, Ont., has returned encouraging tantalum values from granitic pegmatite bodies.The St. John’s, Nfld.-based com…