Making An Impact
SITE VISIT ZACUALPAN, MEXICO — In retrospect, George Gorzynski says, he wishes Impact Silver (IPT-V, ISVLF-O) hadn’t found the Royal Mines of Zacualpan so quickly. “I had a lot of…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
North American Palladium Backtracks On $50M Debt Issue
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-X) thought twice about issuing convertible notes, and decided it wasn’t such a good idea after all.
Sparton Nails $1.7M Loan For China Acquisition
Toronto-based junior Sparton Resources (SRI-V) has secured a $1.7- million loan to complete its acquisition of a coal, germanium and uranium project in southern China.
Gold Cracks US$1,000
Gold’s day-long breach of the US$1,000-per-oz.-mark was the biggest news for gold bugs around the world in early September.
OMA Weighs In On Ontario’s Bill 173
The following is an edited portion of the Ontario Mining Association’s submission to the Standing Committee on General Government on the Mining Act (Bill 173) and the Far North Act (Bill 191).
GFI Threatens Legal Action Against Forsys
George Forrest International (GFI) is threatening legal action after Forsys Metals (FSY-T) said it was cancelling the deal that would have seen GFI acquire Forsys for $579 million.
U.S. Markets – Sept. 1 – 4
The Sept. 1-4 trading period — shortened by the Labour Day holiday — was all about gold, as the U. S. dollar’s weakness, concerns about the sustainability of the global economic recovery and fears a…
Toronto Stock Exchange – Sept. 1 – 4
The S&P/TSX composite index increased by 1.4%, or 149.26 points, to 11,017.47 points over the Sept. 1-4 trading period, which was shortened by the Labour Day holiday on Sept. 7.
TSX Venture Exchange – Sept. 1 – 4
The S&P/TSX Venture composite index showed renewed strength over the Sept. 1-4 trading week, a session shortened by the Labour Day holiday. The board posted considerable gains on three of four day…
Producer And Dealer Prices (September 14, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,950/t.
Daily Metal Prices (September 14, 2009)
Date Sept. 7 Sept. 4 Sept. 3 Sept. 2 Sept. 1 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1690/1720 1680/1710 1690/1720 1670/1700 1695/1…
TSX Venture Short Positions (September 14, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/09 (with changes from Aug. 15/09).