People (January 22, 2007)
Alcan — Michel Jacques appointed president and CEO of subsidiary Alcan Primary Metal Group; Christel Bories appointed president and CEO of subsidiary Alcan Engineered Products; Ilene Gordon appointed…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Dividends (January 22, 2007)
Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Noranda Incm Fd 0.085 Jan 25 Dec 31 Goldcorp 0.015* Jan 26 Jan 19 Agnico Eagle 0.12* Jan 29 Jan 15 Aur Res…
Avalon sends calcium feldspar sample to glass manufacturer (January 22, 2007)
Avalon Ventures (AVL-V, AVVTF-O) is hopeful that an agreement to deliver a 500-tonne bulk sample of calcium feldspar to a major North American glass manufacturer will lead to a long-term supply contra…
Chavez inauguration chills investors
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved the socialist banner broadly at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, but comments from his finance committee eased some market concerns.
Toronto Stock Exchange January 9 – 15
The partial recovery in prices for industrial metals from recent lows helped propel the S&P-TSX Composite Index upward over the Jan. 9-15 trading period, despite oil prices remaining low. The Comp…
Arrow options properties in Atikokan
Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) has signed options agreements to acquire four nickel-copper properties in northwestern Ontario’s Atikokan area.
Tribute pulls high-grade zinc at Arrow
Drilling at the Arrow massive sulphide project in the Confederation Lake area of northwestern Ontario has intersected more massive sulphide mineralization.
Wealthy foes target Northern Dynasty
Vancouver — Wealthy opponents appear to be lining up against Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) as it works to develop a remote project in southern Alaska that ranks among the world’s largest c…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 22, 2007)
Fund name Jan 12($) Jan 8($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.94 25.20 0.74 2.9 -3.0 2.63 513 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.48 12.24 0.24 2.0…
Benton defines new PGM zone at Bermuda (January 22, 2007)
Vancouver — Final assay results from initial drilling on the west end of Benton Resources’ (BTC-V) Bermuda project, near Marathon, Ont., indicates a new copper and platinum group metal (PGM) minerali…
New tax scheme coming to Bolivia (January 22, 2007)
Speculation over President Evo Morales’ plans for Bolivia’s mining sector was rekindled recently by strong words from his mining minister, who suggested that the country’s mineral export tax was too l…
Exchange Rates (January 22, 2007)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)