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.