Nautilus gets sinking feeling
Vancouver — Shares of aspiring seafloor miner Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O, NUS-L) slipped to a several-month low recently following news that a works contract with its tentative development par…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
CNQ Trading — July 17-23, 2007
STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Bannockburn Res BKNN 416 8.10 7.55 8.00 0.00 8.10 0.41 Bison Gold Exp. BGEI 25 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.60 0.10…
Freegold drilling backs up bulk sample
A drill program at Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) Golden Summit property outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, has confirmed results from a 6,000-ton bulk sample taken from the same area last year.
Serengeti sees sell-off on latest intercepts
Vancouver — The final batch of assays from Serengeti Resources’ (SIR-V, SGRNF-O) spring 2007 drill campaign on its Kwanika project prompted a 35% drop in the company’s share price as investors sold o…
TSX Short Positions (July 30, 2007)
Short positions outstanding at July 15/07 (with changes from June 30/07).
More moly at Jersey-Emerald
Vancouver — Sultan Minerals’ (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) underground drill effort at its Jersey-Emerald project, located near Salmo in southeastern B.C., has returned further wide, high-grade molybdenum-mineral…
Gem Diamonds bids for Kimberley (July 30, 2007)
Up-and-comer Gem Diamonds (GEMD-L) of the U.K. has tabled a friendly A70-per-share cash offer for Perth-based Kimberley Diamond Co. (KDC-L, KIM-A), valuing the Aussie junior producer at A$300-million…
Editorial: No, Boka’s not another Busang
A little more than a decade after Bre-X Minerals’ Busang sample salting fiasco, the junior mining industry was hit with another serious case of alleged assay manipulation with news that Southwestern R…
Editorial: NovaGold suit dismissed
Apart from Southwestern Resources’ Boka troubles, which we deal with separately opposite to this, the week ended July 21, the 29th week of 2007, saw a court decision that was sensible, an environmenta…
Suppliers News (July 30, 2007)
Caterpillars to invade Venezuela
People (July 30, 2007)
Adanac Moly — Investor relations representative Michael Alexander passed away.
Toronto Stock Exchange July 17-23
A week after serving as the playing field for the largest takeover in mining history — with Rio Tinto announcing it was acquiring Alcan — the TSX Composite Index proved it still had some legs, risin…