Articles by Northern Miner Staff





Genco Resources' La Guitarra silver mine in Mexico. A shareholder activist is trying to unseat three of the company's directors, alleging they are overpaid and doing an inadequate job of managing La Guitarra.

Breaking up the board

Genco Resources’ (GGC-T, GNCC-O) largest shareholder and former director wants to overthrow three of seven company directors in a proxy vote on June 26, claiming that they are overpaid and putting the…


Aura buys copper mine in Mexico

Aura Minerals (ORA-T, ORAUF-O) has spent $70 million in cash and shares for a producing copper mine in Mexico that has the potential to turn out 28,000 tonnes of copper concentrate per year.


DAILY METAL PRICES (June 23, 2008)

Date June 16 June 13 June 12 June 11 June 10 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2591/2650 2620/2660 2625/2665 2596/2635 2603/2…



First Metals moves on Magusi

First Metals (FMA-T, FSTMF-O) has received permission to develop an underground access ramp to extract a 50,000-tonne bulk sample from its Magusi River zinc-coppergold-silver deposit near Rouyn-Norand…


CNQ TRADING — JUNE 10-16, 2008

(100s) WEEK 12-MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Avanti Mining AVMI 450 0.375 0.35 0.35 0.00 0.80 0.23 Bison Gold BGEI 30 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.27 0.01 CDG …


DIVIDENDS (June 23, 2008)

Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* per share on $3.75* cmltv prf stk on July 1, rec June 13. Hecla Mining will pay $0.875* di…


EXCHANGE RATES (June 23, 2008)

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 16 June 13 June 12 June 11 June 10 US$ in C$ 1.0211 1.0282 1.0232 1.0174 1.0243 C$ in US$ 0.9793 0.9726 0.9773 0.9829 0…


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