John Gartner gets top Geotechnical Society honours
Gartner Lee co-founder John Gartner has received the Canadian Geotechnical Society’s (CGS) most prestigious award, the Robert F. Legget Medal, for 2008.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
U. S. MARKETS – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6
The U. S. government may have passed the US$700-billion bailout package into law on Friday, Oct. 3, but that hasn’t erased fears that it will take a long time to thaw frozen credit and get the economy…
Linear Metals expands Cobre Grande
Using assays from the last two reverse- circulation holes on its Cobre Grande copper project in Mexico, Linear Metals (LRM-t) has extended the El Oso mineralized zone to a strike length of 300 metres….
Silver Wheaton adds Alexco’s Bellekeno to stable
Alexco Resource (AXR-T, AXU-x) has inked a deal with Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-n) to sell silver from the Yukon.
PEOPLE (October 13, 2008)
Abacus Mining — James Whittaker appointed project manager for the Afton-Ajax mine.
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index fared no better than any other exchange over the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 trading session. While the board saw a 33-point gain on the first day of the week, every other …
Esperanza advances Cerro Jumil
Esperanza Silver (EPZ-v) has tabled the first resource estimate for its Cerro Jumil gold project in Mexico’s Morelos state, and is now in prefeasibility-study mode.
It’s a smelter’s market, says ECU Silver
Suddenly, smelters in Mexico have the upper hand when making deals with small miners on concentrate shipments, says the president of ECU Silver Mining (ECU-T, ECUXF-o).
DAILY METAL PRICES (October 13, 2008)
Date Oct. 6 Oct. 3 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1870/1910 1920.50/1975 1985/2060 2069.50/2120 214…
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (October 13, 2008)
52-week Date Oct. 6 Oct. 3 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1134.10 1300.23 1311.96 1406.65 1415.00 3192.55 1110.89 TSX Composite 10230.43 10803.35 10900.54 1…
US Gold cuts shallow gold at Hercules
US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-x) has made a new, near-surface gold discovery in the Magistral district of Sinaloa state, Mexico.
Mexoro upbeat about past producing Cieneguita
If one adheres to the safety-in-numbers school of mining and exploration then Mexoro Minerals’ (MXOM-o) Cieneguita property, in Mexico’s Sierra Madre occidental belt in Chihuahua state, is a pretty sa…