Noront plans underground sampling at Windfall
In a bid to get better information about the morphology and grade of the Windfall gold deposit in Urban Twp., north…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Regulator puts Alcan’s Kitimat smelter plan in limbo
Vancouver – Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) says a planned $1.8 billion upgrade of its Kitimat smelter is in limbo following a r…
High-grade nickel hole launches Starfire (January 02, 2007)
Vancouver – A hot drill intercept from its Langmuir nickel project near Timmins has given Starfire Minerals (SFR-V,…
Asia Now starts drilling at Habo project in China
With the close of southern China’s rainy season, Asia Now Resources (NOW-V) has begun a 1,000-metre drill program a…
Inco slows nickel production in Indonesia
Dry weather has forced Inco (N-T, N-N) to cut weekly nickel output by about 130 tonnes at its Indonesia unit becaus…
Bema execs asked for documents in Verde dispute
Vancouver — Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-N, BAU-L) CEO Clive Johnson and vice-president Dennis Stansbury have been asked to testify in a dispute between a U.S. insurance firm and the company that was contra…
News Roundup — Latin America
Skeena cuts higher grades at El Corazon
Woodlawn prefeasibility under way
Metallurgical testing and engineering and design work for the Woodlawn base metal project in New South Wales, Australia, is under way.
Aura Gold follows trail of Brazil’s garimpeiros
Few garimpeiros are seen these days near Aura Gold’s (ORA-T, AUGIF-O) newly acquired Cumaru gold project in north-central Brazil’s Para state — a dramatic contrast with the scene during a 1980s rush,…
UBS ups targets for Ivanhoe shares
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) massive Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia is likely to be much larger than previously planned now that Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is involved, according to…
UEX sees more high-grade uranium from Shea Creek (January 01, 2007)
Vancouver — Further high-grade uranium values were encountered in drilling by UEX’s (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) joint venture partner Areva Resources Canada on the Shea Creek project in the western Athabasca ba…
TSX Short Positions (January 01, 2007)
Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15, 2006 (with changes from Nov. 30).