Rally leaves golds behind
A strong rally in the U.S. markets over the report period Aug. 13-20 brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.6% and the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 up 6%.The Dow finished the period at 8,872.0…
2002
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (August 26, 2002)
71.35 (-1.21)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Supreme court dismisses Westray suit
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the merits of a multimillion-dollar civil action against the government of Nova Scotia by representatives of families of workers killed in the Westray c…
Maverick Minerals suspends Elsa project
Work has been suspended at the Keno Hill tailings reprocessing project, operated by A.M.T. Canada, a subsidiary of U.S.-listed Maverick Minerals Corporation (mavm-o) of Nevada.Maverick, which had take…
Market Summary
The golds and base metals stocks on Canada’s major bourse ended the trading week by posting big losses. The gold in…
Novicourt takes a loss
Noranda’s (NRD-T) base metal subsidiary Novicourt (NOV-T) continues to suffer the ills of low copper and zinc price…
Drill turns at Kikerk Lake
Vancouver — Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and its joint-venture partners, Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) and C…
Akrokeri-Ashanti continues to bleed
With the new Knelson concentrators and cyclone recovery equipment still not on line, Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (Y…
Temex drills Juby
Temex Resources (YTM-V) has completed an initial 4-hole, 698-metre drill program on the Juby gold project, 22 km we…
Trading Summary (August 22, 2002)
The golds and base metals stocks recovered from lower openings to put in decent gains on the Toronto Stock Exchange…
Sulliden kicks Shahuindo’s tires
With $150,000 in hand from a recent private placement and looking for some cash flow, Montreal-based Sulliden Explo…
Audit confirms Dolores resource
Vancouver – An independent resource audit has confirmed Minefinders’ (MFL-T) estimates for the Dolores project in M…