Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Dividends (December 22, 2008)

Dividends Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Goldcorp 0.015* Dec 19 Dec 11 Iamgold 0.06* Jan 12 Dec 24 Sherritt Int’l 0.036 Jan 14 Dec 31 Cameco 0.06 Jan…


From left: Richard Redfern, president of Mexivada Mining, poses with Chief S. M. Gborie and two other chiefs from the Gbense Chiefdom, outside of Mexivada's Yaradu, Sierra Leone, headquarters. The Gbense Chiefdom will earn a 30% share of the net profit of diamonds found by Mexivada in the area. Inset: Artisanal miners employed by Mexivada's local partner Pink Diamond Exploration use a Hartz Jig for diamond concentrating at North Kono, Sierra Leone.

Mexivada Signs Diamond Deal In Sierra Leone

The 968-carat “Star of Sierra Leone” diamond was discovered in 1972 — just a few miles north of where Mexivada Mining (MNV-V, MXVDF-o) will soon start its alluvial diamond mining operations.


ME E T I N G S (December 22, 2008)

Dec 22 Archon Minerals AG Dec 22 Dorex Mineals AG Dec 22 Prospector Consolidated AG Dec 22 Regent Ventures AG Dec 23 Centurion Minerals AGS Dec 23 Entourage Mining AG…




Lending Rates (December 22, 2008)

Lending Rates as of 9 a. m. ET. Dec. 16, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.50 Target overnight rate 1.50 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S. Discount Primary 1.25 U. S….


International Quotes (December 22, 2008)

International Quotes Australia (A$) Dec 16 Dec 9 Change Bendigo Mining 0.17 0.13 0.04 Kingsgate Cons. 2.85 2.68 0.17 Lion Selection Ltd 0.67 0.79 -0.12 Newcrest Mining 29.00 28.23 0.77…


Great Basin Gold is purchasing Metallic Ventures Gold's Esmeralda processing plant in central Nevada, to process ore from its Hollister gold project, 460 km northeast.

Great Basin Buys Mill For Hollister

Vancouver — Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-x) is trying to get two mines into production within the next six months and in recent weeks has taken a few important steps towards that goal.


U. S. Markets December 9-15

Broad U. S. equity indices were down during the Dec. 9-15 trading session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 370 points, or 4.1%, to 8,565; the S&P 500 index losing 41 points, or 4.5%…


Dean Cutting, project manager for Houston Lake Mining's Dogpaw Lake gold property, poses on a gold mineralized outcrop. The property, which is near Kenora, Ont., is littered with small pods of near-surface mineralization.

Dogpaw Fetches Good Grades For Houston Lake

Seventy-six per cent of the holes Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-o) has drilled on its Dogpaw Lake property, near Kenora, Ont., have intersected values of 3 grams gold per tonne or higher.


Intrepid Hits Lengthy Gold Intervals In Indonesia

Vancouver — Recent drilling at Zone A of the Tumpangpitu prospect delivered Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-a) its best oxide drill results to date from the Tujuh Bukit property, near the eastern tip of J…


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