Articles by Northern Miner Staff


CNQ Trading– Feb. 19-25, 2008

( 100s) WEEK 12- MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Bird River Mines BRMI 200 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.05 CDG Investments CDGI 230 …


Mine staff pose outside a portal at International Minerals' Gaby gold property, located 130 km south of Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Int’l Minerals mulls options at Gaby

A prefeasibility study for International Minerals’ (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) Gaby open-pit gold project in Ecuador found that all four processing options tested would be too costly at a base case gold price of…


Never at Wits’ end

South Africa’s Witwatersrand basin never seems to run out of gold; you might even say it’s never at Wits’ end.





New Horizons (March 03, 2008)

For centuries, some of the greatest scholars believed in alchemy — the ability to turn base metals into gold. While none ever succeeded, there are echoes of alchemy in today’s technological advances …




In an effort to strengthen relations with the locals at its Las Bambas project in Peru, Xstrata Copper has established programs to teach local farmers more effective cultivation techniques.

Developing reserves — of good will

SANTIAGO, CHILE–With alliances of communities and non-government organizations across Latin America putting the mining industry under increased scrutiny, and occasionally blocking new projects reachi…


BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN SPECIAL TO THE NORTHERN MINER

Staking continues apace in ‘Ring of Fire’

The Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) base metal discovery has spawned a staking rush in the swampy lowlands of northeastern Ontario, just southwest of James Bay. As of mid-February, juniors had stake…


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