FRANCO NEVADA SAYS STOCK RISE DUE TO DRILLING

  Franco Nevada Mining Corp Ltd said the
  gain in its stock price today is related to deep drilling being
  conducted by American Barrick Resources Corp at the Goldstrike
  claims in the Carlin camp in northern Nevada.
      Franco Nevada stock is up two at seven dlrs per share on
  the Toronto Stock Exchange.
      Franco Nevada said American Barrick announced on March nine
  that the drilling indicated a number of significant
  intersections of sulfide gold mineralization below a depth of
  about 1,000 feet.
      One vertical drill hole intersected gold continuously from
  1,100 feet to 1,730 feet averaging 0.30 ounces per short ton,
  the announcement said.
  

