Protests in Guinea heating up
The latest round of riots in Guinea has intensified to the point where bauxite production could be threatened. Th…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Jerooy in new hands (January 15, 2007)
The Kyrgyz government has issued a licence for development of the Jerooy gold deposit to a joint venture of state m…
UPDATE: Norilsk CEO freed from French jail
Norilsk Nickel (NILSY-O, MNOD-L) CEO Mikhail Prokhorov was released by French police on Jan. 12 after being held in…
Alexandria drills Cadillac Break in Val d’Or
Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V) has resumed a 15,000-metre drilling program in Val d’Or, Que., which it started just be…
Tagish Looks to Grow Skukum Creek Resource
Vancouver — Prospective precious metals miner Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) says its 2006 drill campaign at the Skukum Creek gold-silver property, located 80 km southwest of Whitehorse, in the Yukon, will…
Int’l Royalty to Buy Nsr on Pascua-Lama
Vancouver — International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return (NSR) royalty on Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) monstrous Pascua-Lama gold deposit, whi…
U.S. Markets January 2 – 8
Well, everybody that was anybody was down.
Barker on Hunt for VMS Deposits at Frank Creek
Vancouver — In its hunt for massive sulphide deposits, junior explorer Barker Minerals (BML-V, BKMNF-O) is anxiously awaiting results from a couple of recently completed drill holes at its Frank Cree…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 15, 2007)
Fund name Jan 8($) Dec 28($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.20 26.50 -1.30 -4.9 -5.8 2.68 504 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.24 12.94 -0.70 -5.4…
International Quotes (January 15, 2007)
Australia (A$) Jan 8 Dec 29 Change Bendigo Mining 0.31 0.78 -0.47 Centamin Egypt 0.80 0.81 -0.01 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.17 0.17 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 4.17…
Dividends (January 15, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay(Date) Record(Date) Fording CC Tr 0.95 Jan 15 Dec 29 Cameco 0.04 Jan 15 Dec 29 Cleve-Cl 3.25pr 8.125* Jan 16 Jan 2 Yamana Gold 0.01* Jan 16…
Exchange Rates (January 15, 2007)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Jan. 8 Jan. 5 Jan. 4 Jan. 3 Jan. 2 US$ in C$ 1.1755 1.1725 1.1773 1.1723 1.1636 C$ in US$ 0.8507…