Return of Ortega in Nicaragua Chills Miners
Vancouver — The return to power of former Marxist guerilla leader Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has sent a chill through a small community of Canadian mining companies with operations in the Central Ame…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (November 20, 2006)
Fund name Nov 13($) Nov 6($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.13 24.71 0.42 1.7 54.0 2.68 440 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.08 11.88 0.20 1.7…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 20, 2006)
Date Nov. 13 Nov. 10 Nov. 9 Nov. 8 Nov. 7 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2648.89 2674.25 2669.36 2631.78 2576.64 3309.90 1992.44 TSX Composite 12309.40 12340.47 12410.23 12378.20 12310.21 12494.72…
Iceberg Proves Diamond-Bearing but Shows Low Count
Despite disappointing microdiamond counts from the newly discovered Iceberg kimberlite, Indicator Minerals (IME-V, IMEEF-O) remains enthusiastic about the potential of the Darby project, where some 95…
Nuinsco Climbs on High-Grade Nickel Concentrate
Metallurgical test results from Nuinsco Resources’ (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) wholly owned Minago deposit are in, and the news is good.
Tri Origin Tables Woodlawn Zinc Resource
Vancouver — Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V, TROIF-O) has put forth a resource estimate for its Woodlawn base metals project in New South Wales, Australia.
Western Canadian Coal set to start second B.C. mine
Vancouver – Efforts to transform northeastern British Columbia into a major supplier of metallurgical coal to the K…
Gold Hawk to restart Coricancha mine
Vancouver – Recent Peruvian Government resolutions lifting a 2002 “stop work order” on the concentrator has Gold Ha…
Australia’s Western Areas backs Mustang at Maskwa (November 17, 2006)
Perth, Australia-based nickel miner Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) is investing up to $5 million in Mustang Minerals …
Canadian junior drilling alone in South Korea
Oriental Minerals (OTL-V), the only foreign mining company in South Korea, has started drilling at its newly acquir…
Stillwater takes 11% interest in Pacific North West Capital (November 17, 2006)
Vancouver – Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V, PAWEF-O) has landed a new major shareholder following Stillwater Min…
Palmarejo cuts high-grade gold at Guadalupe
Vancouver – Deep drilling by Palmarejo Silver and Gold (PJO-V, PJOFF-O) on its Guadalupe project in Chihuahua State…