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…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
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…
Editorial: It’s closin’ time
Mine closings and layoffs. Yes, with metal prices pulling back sharply this past half year, we’ve finally reached that painful inflection point in the commodity cycle where mine suspensions and closin…
Forty years a speculator
— The following is the first of a two-part, edited excerpt from Forty Years a Speculator, an investing memoir by Fred Carach, a Florida resident and 40-year subscriber to The Northern Miner. The 142-…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (September 01, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,300.00/t.
BID-ASK — AUG. 19-25, 2008
12-MONTH STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Absolut Res V 0.80 0.98 0.98 1.30 0.001 Afrasia Minl F V 0.27 0.44 0.25 0.45 0.23 Agau Res V 0.17 0.21 0.19 0.55 0.11 …
Skybridge scoring good grades in Nunavut
VANCOUVER–The Downie brothers are at it again.
Grande Cache coal production ebbs
Grande Cache Coal (GCE-T, GACHF-O) failed to meet its own production targets for the last quarter and as a result had to watch its shares take a hit.
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (September 01, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/08 (with changes from Jul. 15/08).
Gustavson to complete Contact prefeasibility
Boulder, Colo.-based consulting firm Gustavson Associates has been hired to prepare a prefeasibilty study for International Enexco’s (IEC-V, IEXCF-O) Contact copper project in Nevada.