Three on board missing plane in Guyana (November 03, 2008)
A plane contracted to do an airborne geophysical survey for U3O8 Corp. (UWE-V) went missing during the afternoon on…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Sage Gold hopes to extend neighbour’s discovery
Jellicoe, Ont. — Nigel Lees, president and CEO of Sage Gold (SGX-V, SGGDF-O), and Bill Love, the company’s vice-pr…
Commentary: Ohio Coal Association: Obama is ‘extraordinarily misguided’
The following is a statement by Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association, in response to just-released re…
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 3)
Jeffrey Christian, managing director at New York City-based commodity consultancy CPM Group, says that the recent s…
Cardero offered US$200M for Pampa de Pongo
Vancouver — In the midst of a flurry of questions about slowing Chinese metal consumption, Cardero Resource (CDU-T, CDY-x) saw its share price jump almost 30% on news that a Chinese group wants to bu…
Elusive green macaw stops Infinito for now
Construction at Infinito Gold’s (IG-V, IGFFF-o) Crucitas gold mine has stopped and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Environment Minister Roberto Dobles have found themselves in the hot seat for s…
Rare earth discovery in Namibia intrigues Etruscan (November 03, 2008)
Etruscan Resources’ (EET-T, ETRUF-o) initial interest in exploring northern Namibia was to find iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits and the Canadian junior believed that the rare earth occurrence a…
Book Excerpt: Jewel of the Kootenays: The Emerald mine
— The following is an edited excerpt from Jewel of the Kootenays: The Emerald Mine, an oral history of British Columbia’s Emerald lead-zinc-tungsten mine by Larry Jacobsen. The 335-page book is avail…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (November 03, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 15/08 (with changes from Sept. 30/08).
Belvedere suspends development at Hitura
Plunging nickel prices have forced Belvedere Resources (BEL-V, BLVDF-o) to suspend operations at its Hitura nickel mine, in Finland.
Archangel fails to meet escrow deadline (November 03, 2008)
First the good news: A Russian foreign investment review commission chaired by former president Vladimir Putin has granted its conditional consent for Archangel Diamond (AAD-V, ADMOF-o) to acquire a 4…
LENDING RATES (November 03, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Oct. 28, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.75 Target overnight rate 2.25 Canadian Prime 4.25 U. S. Discount Primary 1.75 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 1.50 U. S. Prime …