Daily Metal Prices (August 14, 2006)
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Newmont sees strong earnings in Q2
Vancouver — Shares of Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) slipped almost 5% the same day it announced earnings of US$161 million (36 per share) in its latest second quarter, up 83% from last year’s corres…
Constellation drills oxide copper at San Javier (August 14, 2006)
Vancouver — Initial core drilling by Constellation Copper (CCU-T, CCUDF-O) at its San Javier oxide copper project, in southern Sonora state, Mexico, returned an average thickness of 123 metres gradin…
Aurora drills wide uranium at Michelin
Vancouver — Drilling on Aurora Energy Resources’ (AXU-T, AUEGF-O) Michelin deposit in the Central Mineral Belt of coastal Labrador has intersected a number of wide, higher-grade uranium intervals….
Further delays for Platinex in native land dispute
After a 5-month delay of its exploration drilling program at Big Trout Lake, in northern Ontario, junior explorer Platinex (PTX-V) is facing at least another five months of paralysis, owing to an Onta…
Young-Davidson story grows with Northgate exploration
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Editorial: Aussie PM warming to nuke power (August 14, 2006)
There’s nothing quite like the whiff of big money to make people abandon their longest-held principles….
TSX Venture Exchange august 1-4
On the back of steady precious and base metal prices, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index chiselled out a modest gain of 32.85 points to close at 2,646.62 over the midsummer holiday-shortened Aug….
Acadian looks at Scotia startup
Acadian Gold (ADA-V, ADGLF-O) is hoping to move to early production at the Scotia Zinc project near Gays River, N.S., after receiving results of a recent feasibility study….
New World drills wide intercept at Lipea (August 14, 2006)
Vancouver — Initial drilling by New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) on its Lipea project in southwestern Bolivia has returned a wide intercept of copper, gold and silver mineralization….
The Uzbek taxman cometh (August 14, 2006)
The government of Uzbekistan has seized some gold and banned further shipments of the yellow metal from Newmont Mining’s (NMC-T, NEM-N) 50%-owned Zarafshan heap-leach operation in the Kyzylkum desert,…
High River takes on Russian silver project (August 14, 2006)
The Russian subsidiary of High River Gold (HRG-T), Buryatzoloto, has lined up an agreement with private Russian company Gazteck Industry that will give Buryatzoloto a 50% interest in an undeveloped si…