Murray Pezim award given to Lundin
The Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) recently announced that its Murray Pezim Award for perseverance…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
New Cantech more than doubles Lucky Ship moly resource
Vancouver – An updated resource estimate on New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybdenum deposit, l…
Southwestern sees Boka resource boost
Vancouver – Over two years after its preliminary assessment on the Boka gold project in Yunnan Province, China, Sou…
Millstream returning to Potter project
Timmins-based junior Millstream Mines (MLM-V) will resume drilling at the Potter massive-sulphide property in Munro…
People (December 11, 2006)
Bayswater Uranium — Gordon Davidson appointed VP of exploration.
U.S. Markets November 28-December 4
The U.S. markets saw gains during the trading period Nov. 28-Dec. 4, despite an 8.7% drop in durable goods orders. The dip was the biggest in more than six years and larger than economists had forecas…
TSX Venture Exchange november 28-December 4
Junior miners and explorers posted another strong week on the back of continued robust precious and base metal prices with the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gaining 3.2% or 89.26 points to close…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 11, 2006)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,450/t.
Barrick’s bid for NovaGold expires
Vancouver — With the clock ticking down on its US$16.00-per-share bid for control of NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) at presstime, Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) appears likely to become nothing more th…
A little rough
Strapped for cash, Tahera Diamond (TAH-T) is counting on a $30-million private placement from Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) to help stem the tide while it attempts to right the underperforming Jericho…
Editorial: Mining and CSR, Part II
In Part I last week, we began our look at how three high-profile accidents at Canadian-operated mines in the mid-1990s provoked fundamental changes in the Canadian mining industry, and focused on a sp…
No substitute for common sense
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