Articles by Northern Miner Staff

VANCOUVER — Doubt, it turns out, can be a useful thing: historical work showed the Deflector deposit at ATW Gold’s (ATW-V, ATWGF-O) Gullewa gold mine in Western Australia was closed off to the north …

The 33rd trading week of the year was a good time to sit back and take in the big picture, especially with respect to the U. S. dollar’s slow-motion train wreck and its effect on gold.

Less scrap metal due to faltering industrial production last year will contribute to a declining surplus in the refined copper market in 2010, while stainless steel mills are likely to use more refine…

Without a doubt, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index had a strong showing during the Aug. 18-24 reporting period. There were four consecutive days of gains, followed by a small loss on the period’…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,950/t.

*as of June 30/09

Lending Rates as of 9 a. m. ET. Aug 25, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 …

Dividends Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Goldcorp 0.01* Aug 28 Aug 20 Troy Resources 0.04** Sept 4 Aug 21 Int’l Royalty 0.02* Sept 28 Sept 11 Russel Metals 0.25 Se…

Exchange Rates CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 24 Aug. 21 Aug. 20 Aug.19 Aug. 18 US$ in C$ 1.0742 1.0799 1.0902 1.0969 1.1036 C$ in US$ 0.9309 0.9260 0.9173 0.9117…

Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V, GGOSF-O) is selling its Lac Levac nickel project in Quebec to focus on gold. The company has signed an option agreement with a private Quebec exploration company, Nemask…

VANCOUVER — Uruguay Mineral Exploration (UME-V, UMEXF-O) saw its share price jump by 31% or 9.5¢ to 40.5¢ recently, as it released both promising drill hole intercepts and a prefeasibility …