Mega targets Mongolian, Argentine uranium
Despite a recently imposed 68% windfall tax on copper and gold, Mega Uranium (MGA-V, MGAFF-O) plans to continue wor…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Pacific Rim boosts resources at El Dorado
Vancouver – A newly completed, 18-month-long definition drilling program has boosted resources at the El Dorado go…
Norwegian remedy prescribed
Looking to grease regulatory wheels, Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) and Inco (N-T, N-N) have formalized their long-proposed remedy of selling Falco’s high-grade Nikkelverk nickel refinery in Norway….
Boliden breathes life into Garpenberg
A successful exploration program in and around Boliden’s (BLS-T, BDNNF-O) Garpenberg zinc-lead mine in Sweden has substantially boosted ore reserves, extending the mine’s life to over 10 years at curr…
Taseko’s growth hinges on Gilbraltar expansion
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Houston Lake fills till from bulk sample (June 19, 2006)
Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) realized a profit of just over $50,000 from a bulk-sampling program at its West Cedartree gold project near Sioux Narrows, Ont….
Editorial: Peru steps back from the brink (June 19, 2006)
Peruvian voters have thankfully taken a step back from the abyss with the election of moderately left-leaning Alan Garcia to the presidency over radical Hugo Chavez-groupie and former comandante Ollan…
The success of Failes
By 1932, Emile Dagenais had been prospecting for 10 years and although he had covered a good part of Canada, he hadn’t worked much in the vicinity of the Arctic Circle. That changed when he was asked…
Scott Wilson Group goes Postle
International consulting and engineering firm Scott Wilson has purchased the vaunted Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA), one of Canada’s best known geological and mining consulting firms….
LME Warehouse Levels (June 19, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 12, 2006 (change from June 5 in brackets):…
U.S. Markets June 6-12
Equity markets in the United States went into a tailspin during the reporting period June 6-12, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 256.14 points to 10,792.58, and the Standard & Poor’s…
TSX Venture Exchange June 6-12
Weakening metal prices gave the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index a 281.2-point haircut over the June 6-12 trading session, closing down 10% at 2,549.03. Average daily tradin…