TSE Short Positions (March 25, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at March 15, 2002Larger individual positions include Agnico-Eagle 3,181,982 up 163,821; Alcan 1,369,537 up 91,891; Ashton 491,510 up 62,710; Barrick…
2002
CIM talk to focus on Pogo gold project Image
The Pogo gold project in Alaska will be discussed at a gathering of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum on March 27.Teck Cominco intends to develop the p…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 25, 2002)
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Vannessa eyes Crucitas construction (March 25, 2002)
Vancouver-based Vannessa Ventures (vvv-v) has submitted an environmental impact study (EIS) for the Crucitas gold project in Costa Rica. Approval of the study by that country’s government is required …
Atna builds on Cerro Negro’s potential
Junior Atna Resources (atn-t) has an option to acquire the large Cerro Negro copper-oxide deposit in northern Chile from a Chilean subsidiary of Phelps Dodge (pd-n).The deal calls for Atna to make esc…
NovaGold tables Donlin study
An independent scoping study of the Donlin Creek gold deposit in Alaska has convinced NovaGold Resources (nri-t) to spend an additional $8 million on infill and delineation drilling.NovaGold can earn …
Junior sector improves
FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES/PDACThe health of this country’s junior mining sector improved steadily in 2000 and 2001, according to an annual survey by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada. More co…
PDAC 2002 cautiously upbeat
Cautiously upbeat may well describe the mood of delegates attending this year’s convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).John Steele, the association’s president, set th…
De Beers sees Canada as top priority
De Beers has allocated more than half its 2002 global exploration budget to The Great White North, and that, when combined with planned expenditures on the Snap Lake and Victor diamond projects, means…
Quebec yields new diamond target
A potential diamond property has been reported in the Lac Bienville region, 460 km north of Chibougamau.Two grains of chrome-rich picroilmenite were identified in the region during an esker sediment r…
TSE rises again, but producers end mixed
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGERiding the wave of positive economic news, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index climbed 70.74 points over the March 13-19 report period to finish the week at 7,936.88.Not so for …
TSE Rights and Warrants
Dundee Precious Metals — Wt buys C1 A sh @ $25.00 to Feb 20/04.Franco Nevada — Wt buys 4 sh @ $200.00 to Sep 15/03.Goldcorp — Wt buys C1 A sh @ $20.00 to May 13/09.Inco Lt…