PC Gold looks to set Pickle Crow back in flight (September 08, 2008)
It’s not often a junior gets its hands on a former gold mine that was a “money machine” in its day and still contains significant mineralization.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Axmin’s permits restricted in Central African Republic (September 08, 2008)
A decree by the Central African Republic to amend permits valid for a suite of minerals — restricting them to gold mineralization only –is a devastating blow for Axmin (AXM-V, AXMIF-O), which has sp…
International Beryllium funds nuclear fuel research (September 08, 2008)
International Beryllium (IB-V, IBRYF-O) has agreed to fund a two-year, US$500,000 research project by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., to investigate the possibility of producing a better nu…
Gold Reserve rebuffs Rusoro’s advance (September 08, 2008)
VANCOUVER–With a letter to Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X) suggesting a friendly merger, Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) made another move in its gamble to pull most if not all of Venezuela’s major mining…
Holding companies make $259M offer for QGX
Coal and gold explorer QGX (QGX-T, QGXLF-O), one of the first Western companies to get an exploration permit in Mongolia, has received a $259-million takeover offer.
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (September 08, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/08 (with changes from Jul. 15/08).
International Quotes (September 08, 2008)
Australia (A$) Aug 12 Aug 5 Change Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.20 -0.02 Kingsgate Cons. 4.80 5.60 -0.80 Lion Selection Ltd 1.58 1.50 0.08 Newcrest Mining 23.49 26.31 -2.82 …
Exchange Rates (September 08, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Dividends (September 08, 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…
Mongolian hurdles don’t faze Ivanhoe (September 08, 2008)
VANCOUVER — In spite of everything, it seems Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is committed to Mongolia.
GobiMin back on track, CFO says
VANCOUVER — With rebounding revenues, a doubled up indicated resource at Yellow Mountain and a new copper discovery at Yanxi, summer has been much kinder to GobiMin (GMN-V, GMNFF-O) than winter.
Inmet and Petaquilla make nice
Inmet Mining has moved closer to its (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) dream of taking Petaquilla Copper (PTC-T, PTQLF-O) out of the picture at the Petaquilla copper project in Panama, by boosting its bid for the juni…