Aurora looks easy
Metallurgical testing on samples from the Aurora gold project in Guyana has returned positive results for Guyana Goldfields (GUY-T, GUYFF-O)….
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Apex to drill high-grade target at Mansfield’s La Frontera
Vancouver — La Frontera, a gold-silver property discovered and staked by Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) in Argentina’s Catamarca province, has returned high-grade gold and silve…
Gold and the end of dollar hegemony, part III
METALS COMMENTARY…
Toronto Stock Exchange March 7-13
After a slow start, The Toronto Stock Exchange steadily recovered to end the March 7-13 report period 23.34 points higher at 11,906.65. It did so as gold tumbled US$21.75 to US$543.50 by the afternoon…
TSX Venture Exchange March 7-13
A slip in bullion and base metal prices prompted a drop in the lofty S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, off 54.58 points or 2% to close at 2,588.93 over the March 7-13 session. Average daily trading…
Minefinders to build heap-leach mine at Dolores
Vancouver — Management of Minefinders (MFL-T, MFN-X) plans to spend about US$131.6 million to build an 18,000-tonne-per-day, open-pit heap-leach mine at the Dolores gold-silver prope…
Chariot cuts high-grade copper at Mina Justa (March 20, 2006)
Vancouver — Initial feasibility drilling by Chariot Resources (CHD-T, CHDSF-O) on the Mina Justa deposit at its Marcona copper project, in the coastal region of southwestern Peru, ha…
LME Warehouse Levels (March 20, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 13, 2006 (change from March 6 in brackets):…
Claude improves at Seabee
Vancouver — Rising costs at the Seabee gold mine kept Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) in the red to the tune of $3.5 million last year, despite a strong fourth-quarter performance th…
Apex probes payments
An internal investigation by Apex Silver (SIL-X) has revealed that one of the company’s Latin American subsidiaries may have made improper payments to government officials in an undis…
MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 20, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a new discovery of high-grade platinum mineralization for MetalCORP…
Osisko adds ground at Canadian Malartic (March 20, 2006)
Abitibi explorer Osisko Exploration (OSK-V, OSXLF-O) has concluded agreements with prospectors under which it will take over properties covering the Barnat, Sladen-Malartic, and East…