Articles by Northern Miner Staff


EXCHANGE RATES (September 29, 2008)

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept. 22 Sept. 19 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 US$ in C$ 1.0382 1.0470 1.0701 1.0783 1.0734 C$ in US$ 0.9632 0.9551 0.9345 0.927…


LENDING RATES (September 29, 2008)

as of 9 a. m. ET, Sept. 23, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime …


DIVIDENDS (September 29, 2008)

Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv…




New Guinea Gold prepares Vat 4 for leaching at its Sinivit gold mine, in Papua New Guinea. The office and camp can be seen in the background (top left).

New Guinea Gold tracks gold-rich oxide at Sinivit

Vancouver — At the producing Sinivit gold mine in Papua New Guinea, expansion drilling is returning high-grade gold oxide at surface and well-mineralized sulphide from just below for New Guinea Gold …



Cabo Drilling lands Rio Grande Silver contract

Vancouver-headquartered Cabo Drilling’s (CBE-V, CBEEF-o)U. S. subsidiary, Advanced Drilling Inc., has been contracted by Rio Grande Silver to conduct at least 35,000 ft. of surface core drilling for t…


Betting on gold at Copper Hill

Everything was uranium, uranium, uranium, recalls Natasha Blackburn, president and CEO of Golden Harp Resources (GHR-v),of the period leading up to the formation of the junior gold company she runs.


DAILY METAL PRICES (September 29, 2008)

Date Sept. 22 Sept. 19 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2185/2210 2170/2210 2210/2220 2180/2230 2…



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