Navasota unperturbed by Rio’s troubles in Guinea
VANCOUVER –Christopher Wild, the president and CEO of Navasota Resources (NAV-V, NAORF-O), doesn’t have any grand delusions about his company’s giant bauxite property in Guinea, West Africa.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
MagIndustries boosts Kouilou reserve
Four months after nailing a 25-year licence to mine potash in the Republic of Congo, in Equatorial Africa, MagIndustries (MAA-V, MAAFF-O) has filed an updated technical report and reserve and resource…
Obituary: Founder of Sander Geophysics dies at 84
George Wolfgang Sander, founder of one of Canada’s most successful geophysics surveying companies, passed away peacefully at his home in Dunrobin, Ont., on Aug. 23, 2008. He was 84.
Goldsource shares slide
VANCOUVER– Goldsource Mines (GXS-V, GXSFF-O) is back into thick coal intercepts at its Border property near Hudson Bay, Sask. But after dizzying gains in the past few months, the results translated i…
Aurora works harder in face of uranium moratorium (September 01, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Aurora Energy Resources (AXU-T, AUEGF-O) is determined to keep advancing its Central Mineral Belt uranium project in Labrador despite a moratorium on uranium production in the region, and…
Correction (September 01, 2008)
In last week’s edition ( T. N. M., Aug. 25-31/08), we ran an excerpt from the book Red Lake: Golden Treasure Chest, with information on how to get a copy. The telephone number accompanying the details…
Nichols Ranch study upbeat
A preliminary economic assessment for Uranerz Energy’s (URZ-T, URZ-X) Nichols Ranch uranium project in Wyoming’s Powder River basin suggests building an in-situ operation that could produce nearly 3.3…
A growing Storie for Columbia Yukon (September 01, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate upgrading most of the Storie molybdenum deposit to the indicated category is just what Columbia Yukon Explorations (CYU-V, CYUXF-O)was aiming for with its aggressi…
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (September 01, 2008)
52-week Date Aug. 25 Aug. 22 Aug. 21 Aug. 20 Aug. 19 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1940.01 1951.63 1949.68 1919.75 1901.73 3192.55 1881.41 TSX Composite 13288.96 13447.29 13539.22 …
Nevada-focused Victoria, Gateway, agree to merger
VANCOUVER — Victoria Gold (VIT-V, VITFF-O) will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Gateway Gold (GTQ-T, GWYGF-O) in a friendly merger that will produce a Nevada-focused explorer with one advanc…
HudBay’s Balmat zinc operation goes bust
VANCOUVER–Less than two years after ramping the Balmat mine back up to full production, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) is closing the New York state zinc mine and concentrator.
EXCHANGE RATES (September 01, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 25 Aug. 22 Aug. 21 Aug. 20 Aug. 19 US$ in C$ 1.0464 1.0458 1.0456 1.0628 1.0607 C$ in US$ 0.9557 0.9562 0.9564 0.9409 0…