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…
2001
Gold Funds (January 22, 2001)
Gold Funds as of January 11, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.03$5.17Price$6.50$4.825…
Logistical whiz kid
I had the privilege of working with Talis Kalnins on several mineral exploration projects throughout British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, prior to his long career with the B.C. M…
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…
Krupp aids Billiton expansion
After a US$353-million expansion, Billiton has mined its first ferronickel from the Cerro Matoso nickel laterite operation, near Montelibano in northern Colombia.An open-pit mine, Cerro Matoso has mor…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, JAN. 3-9
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 752175 35.75 31.31 32.38 +0.12…
Pele discovers more stones
Junior Pele Mountain Resources (YPN-V) has uncovered a third diamond showing at its Festival property, near Wawa, Ont.Nine stones, seven of which represent fragments of clear-white diamonds and the ot…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JAN. 3-9
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 23233 35.75 31.31 32.38 +0.12…