GREATEST VALUE TRADED, JAN. 10-16
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 407167 33.56 30.62 33.56 +1.18…
2001
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (January 22, 2001)
— 52-week –DateJan. 16Jan. 15Jan. 12Jan. 11Jan. 10HighLow…
Metal Prices (January 22, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 16Jan. 15Jan. 12Jan. 11Jan. 10Aluminium1597/15…
Anaconda exercises Magistral option
Vancouver — Having completed an internal scoping study of Inca Pacific Resources’ (IP-V) Magistral porphyry-skarn project in northern Peru, Anaconda Peru is continuing its exploration effort.As part …
Ventersdorp study under way
In preparation for their proposed merger, Etruscan Resources (EET-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) have initiated a prefeasibility study at the latter’s Ventersdorp diamond project in South Afri…
Corriente confirms copper core at Panantza project
Vancouver — The final results from a 17-hole drill program targeting the Panantza porphyry system in southern Ecuador has junior Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) considering a stand-alone operation.Previo…
Rubicon still hopeful at Lewis Lake
Vancouver — Despite disappointing results from a 13-hole drilling phase, Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T) intends to persevere at its Lewis Lake base metal property in north-central NewfoundlandThe 2,534-met…
Analysts select 10 juniors
Times have been tough for the mining sector these past three years. Liquidity remains a critical problem, with speculative investors nibbling selectively at drill hole stories but, for the most part, …
Kabila likely assassinated in Kinshasa
Reports out of Africa say Laurent Kabila, populist leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was assassinated by his own bodyguards during an attempted coup at his palace home in the capital c…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (January 22, 2001)
46.77 (+2.87)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
BHP identifies 22 targets in Lac de Gras area
BHP Diamonds, a division of Australia-based BHP (BHP-N), has identified 22 potential kimberlite targets on the DHK and WI joint-venture claim blocks in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territorie…
Don Smith: uranium pioneer
Early one morning in May 1953, on a train south to Algoma from Elliot Lake, Ont., I was abruptly awakened in my lower berth by none other than Harry Buckles, the well-known mining engineer who would p…