Aurcana Launches La Negra Production
Vancouver — Production has begun at Aurcana’s (AUN-V, AUNFF-O) 80%-owned La Negra silver-copper-zinc-lead mine in Queretaro state, Mexico, following completion of a mill refurbishment and expansion p…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TSX Venture Exchange April 10-16
The 5-day trading session ended April 16 was another period of furious gains in the junior resource sector, as evidenced by the TSX Venture Exchange Index closing at a strong 3,348.73, up 66.1 points …
U.S. Markets April 10-16
The stock markets in the United States saw steady gains during the trading period April 10-16, the same week the International Monetary Fund released an economic forecast that predicted the U.S. econo…
Uranium Resuscitates Icon
Icon Industries (ICN-V) has neither a geologist nor a website, and its new uranium property, in the Otish basin of Quebec, has no name, but the market’s recent infatuation with uranium has forced the …
Solex Seeks Yellowcake in ‘Athabasca Basin of Peru’
It was the Pilunani belt, an area of past silver, zinc and lead production that originally interested Vancouver-based junior Solex Resources (SOX-V, SLXRF-O) in Peru. But while the company did acquire…
Why Chubut’s Treasures May Stay Buried
Santiago, Chile — The windswept steppes of Chubut in southern Argentina hide some of the country’s most promising deposits of minerals, including gold, silver and uranium. But local opposition to min…
U.S. Uranium Auction Breaks US$100 Barrier
Vancouver — Spot uranium prices, having recently broken through the US$100-a-lb. barrier, should continue to rise as utilities and U.S. hedge funds scramble to buy up available supplies of the radioa…
Restless SXR Uranium One Steps Up the Pace
SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) has come a long way in less than two years; formed at the end of 2005 with the aim of becoming a senior uranium producer, the company is closing in on its goal with a …
TSX Venture Rights & Warrants (April 23, 2007)
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM.WT.U) — Wt buys sh @ US$19 to Nov 14/07.
North American Stock Exchange Indices (April 23, 2007)
Date April 16 April 13 April 12 April 11 April 10 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 3349.63 3319.40 3264.81 3252.45 3274.67 3352.19 2291.43 TSX Composite 13659.98 13578.62 13499.65 13400.99 13431.30 13581.27…
Exchange Rates (April 23, 2007)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Spot Prices (April 23, 2007)
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