Int’l Royalty to buy NSR on Barrick’s Pascua-Lama
Vancouver – International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return ro…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Windfall tax on gold in Mongolia deemed illegal
Mongolia’s infamous windfall tax on gold is not being collected from gold producers — at least not for the time be…
Nord shareholders approve takeover
Shareholders of Nord Resources (NRDS-O) have approved a takeover bid by London-listed Platinum Diversified Mining (…
Platmin intersects from Bushveld
While it still doesn’t have a firm handle on the structure of its Scheiding property in South Africa’s legendary Bu…
Short Position Report (December 21, 2006)
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Trigon regales shift to uranium
Vancouver – Shareholders of the newly renamed Trigon Uranium (TEL-V, TELWF-O) have to be happy with its diversifica…
First Uranium stock rides momentum wave
Vancouver- The widely anticipated Canadian market debut of First Uranium (FIU-T), ended successfully, proving that …
Tiberon Minerals sells Vietnam project to Dragon Capital
With its strong Vietnam focus, investment bank Dragon Capital Management has offered to buy Tiberon Minerals (TBR-T…
Copper falls as Chilean labour worries ease
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco has avoided a strike with two more of the six unions at its operations. …
Kenyan courts dismiss Kwale suit
A Kenyan court has ruled the government is entitled to expropriate land held by seven farmers for the Kwale titaniu…
Editorial: The lucky country (December 19, 2006)
Part of Chile rioted in joy, and the rest rioted in rage earlier this month.Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, once presi…
Sparton eyes uranium in Chinese coal ash
Vancouver – Research by Sparton Resources (SRI-V, SPNRF-O) has identified a major source of coal ash in China conta…