Nevada-focused Columbus Gold launches IPO
Vancouver — Closure of its $5-million initial public offering (IPO) has Columbus Gold (CGT-V) ready to hit the tra…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Sizing up the threat of nationalization in Bolivia (May 23, 2006)
“This is just the start,” Bolivian president Evo Morales told a crowd regarding the nationalization of the country’…
Minera Andes enhances copper target at Los Azules
Vancouver An 11-hole drilling program by Minera Andes (MAI-V, MNEAF-O) has returned a number of significant inter…
De Beers FalC appeal dismissed
The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan has upheld an earlier ruling that a voting agreement between Shore Gold (SGF-T…
Exchange Rates (May 22, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
Editorial: Teck bid for Inco shakes up industry
Noranda’s friendly takeover of Falconbridge last year had felt inevitable to most of us for years before its announcement….
Toronto Stock Exchange May 9-15
A pullback in commodity prices dragged the TSX Composite Index down 496.48 points, or 4.2% to 11,831.73 over the May 9-15 session; the downward trend was said to be the result of price corrections aft…
TSX Venture Exchange May 9-15
Sharp corrections in commodity prices precipitated a major drop in the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which shed 4.7%, or 150.24 points, to close at 3,029.49 over the May 9-15 trading session. A…
U.S. Markets May 9-15
Stock markets in the United States saw heavy selling between May 10 and May 12 in response to a tightening Federal Reserve Bank, making the reporting period May 9-15 a losing one. The Standard & P…
LME Warehouse Levels (May 22, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 8, 2006 (change from May 1 in brackets):…
Queenstake cuts Jerritt Canyon high-grade (May 22, 2006)
Vancouver — Underground drilling by mid-tier gold producer Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) at its Jerritt Canyon mining complex, in northeastern Nevada, has returned significant intervals of high…
Highland Gold does turnaround at Mnogovershinoye (May 22, 2006)
The year 2005 ended with a financial loss for London-based Highland Gold Mining (HGHGF-O, HGM-L) but a turnaround in production at its mainstay Mnogovershinoye mine in the Khabarovsk region of Russia’…