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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Vale Inco Plans Sudbury Shutdowns
Vale Inco, a subsidiary of Vale (RIO-N), is shutting down its nickel mining and processing facilities in Sudbury, Ont., as well as its precious metals processing facilities in Port Colborn, for eight …
Freegold Expands Nucleus Target
VANCOUVER– With the final drill-hole results of 2008 in from the Nucleus zone on its 166-sq.-km Freegold Mountain property 175 km northwest of Whitehorse, Yukon, Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) h…
Equinox Into Production In Zambia
VANCOUVER — After several years of hard work, Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) is into production at its massive Lumwana copper mine in Zambia.
Goldeye Hopes To Hook The Big Fish With Tyrrell
Blaine Webster, CEO of Goldeye Explorations (GGY-V), believes his company’s Tyrrell Twp. gold property, 90 km south of Timmins, Ont., could turn out to be another Kirkland Lake. The only question is w…
Bear Lake Gold Drills Larder Lake
New drill results from the Larder Lake project in northeastern Ontario suggest a strong gold-mineralized system is open to depths of more than 1.5 km, Bear Lake Gold (BLG-V) says.
Yukon-Nevada Cuts More Gold At Ketza River
Yukon-Nevada Gold (YNG-T, YNGFF-O) has intersected gold in stepout holes on its past-producing Ketza River project, near the town of Ross River in the Yukon, 125 km northeast of Whitehorse.
Russia: The Last Frontier?
Take one look at a map of the vast, largely untapped land mass that is Russia, and the country’s staggering mineral potential becomes obvious.
TerraX Options Sunbeam-Pettigrew Gold Property
Higher gold prices mean lower-grade gold deposits are attracting more attention than they have in the past.
Exchange Rates (April 27, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Apr. 20 Apr. 17 Apr. 16 Apr. 15 Apr. 14 US$ in C$ 1.2343 1.2146 1.2062 1.02038 1.2092 C$ in US$ 0.8102 0.8233 0.8290 0.8307 …
International Quotes (April 27, 2009)
Australia (A$) April 21 April 14 Change Bendigo Mining 0.22 0.25 -0.03 Kingsgate Cons. 5.25 5.00 0.25 Lion Selection Ltd 0.93 0.94 -0.01 Newcrest Mining 27.84 30.03 -2….
Wesdome Gold Is Back In Black
It’s been trying times for many but not for junior gold miner Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO-T).