Marifil soars on potash play in Argentina
Potash has become the flavor of the month, if not the year, and juniors the world over are scrambling to get a piec…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
New resource for Moneta’s Windjammer South zone
The Windjammer South zone of its Golden Highway project, 90 km east of Timmins in Ontario’s Michaud township, has p…
Antares study suggests Haquira economic
A scoping study and preliminary economic assessment of the nearsurface leachable portion of the Haquira copper deposit in south-central Peru suggest there is an opportunity for an economic operation a…
DAILY METAL PRICES (June 16, 2008)
Date June 9 June 6 June 5 June 4 June 3 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2630/2670 2630/2670 2635/2670 2625/2660 2620/2680 A…
BID-ASK — JUNE 3-9, 2008
12-MONTH STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Abington Vent V 0.14 0.17 0.14 0.21 0.14 Absolut Res V 0.80 0.98 0.98 1.30 0.001 Affinor Res V 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.18 0.1…
Shore Gold proves up Saskatchewan diamonds (June 16, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A recent resource estimate for Shore Gold’s (SGF-T, SHGDF-O) Star kimberlite project in northern Saskatchewan failed to halt the junior’s slow but steady share price slide.
Foreign-trained engineers get licensing help in Ontario
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) has received $83,800 from the government of Ontario to develop and deliver special bridge training courses for internationally trained engineers. T…
Remote copper-gold projects back in play in BC
VANCOUVER — The growing list of the world’s largest “undeveloped” mineral deposits shows that most are in regions of high geopolitical risk ranging from the central African copper belt to the steppes…
Blockade ends at Minefinders’ Dolores project in Mexico
Two years ago, Minefinders Corp. (MFL-T, MFN-X) negotiated an agreement with the local Ejido community in which both parties agreed to work co-operatively in the development and operations of the comp…
East Asia Minerals bullish on Indonesia (June 16, 2008)
Trench sampling at its Miwah gold project, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, has returned intersections as promising as 14 metres of 9.41 grams gold per tonne, East Asia Minerals (EAS-V, EAIAF-O) says.
Asian Mineral quietly opens new frontier in Vietnam
Diplaying a different philosophy than most juniors, Asian Mineral Resources (ASN-V, AIERF-O) decided to keep quiet when it finished its feasibility study for the Ban Phuc massive sulphide nickel proje…
Cash Minerals considers coal project revival (June 16, 2008)
Now that coal’s back in style among investors, Cash Minerals (CHX-V, CHXMF-O) has decided to dust off a two-year-old feasibility study for its Division Mountain coal property in the Yukon.