Editorial: Market awaits SEC’s decision on Barclays’ proposed silver ETF
Precious metals investors smiled in early March as spot silver broke through the longstanding US$10-per-oz. barrier…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Odyssey tests copper-silver target at Alous
Vancouver The first hole of an ongoing drilling campaign by Odyssey Resources (ODX-V) has intersected 73 metres a…
Coeur d’Alene posts “all-time” record earnings
Vancouver A strategy to diversify to newer, low-cost gold and silver mines in foreign lands from aging high-cost …
MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 06, 2006)
Vancouver – Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a…
Ivernia boosts resources at Aussie lead mine
Vancouver Recent infill drilling by Ivernia (IVW-T) has boosted resources at the company’s new, wholly owned Mage…
McEwen’s U.S. Gold looks to consolidate Cortez Trend
Vancouver – Robert McEwen’s U.S. Gold (USGL-O) has launched takeover offers for four TSX Venture-listed companies i…
Sherwood tests high-grade core at Minto
Vancouver – Recent drilling by Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) has returned greater than expected grades and thicknesses f…
Barrick’s rocky road to El Dorado
Santiago, Chile — It looks increasingly likely that Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) will be able to build its controversial Pascua-Lama mine high in the Andes mountains, but the project’…
Precious metals markets in 2006
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Glass Earth scoops up New Zealand prospects
Perth, Western Australia — Glass Earth (GEL-V) will this year test its claim that New Zealand, compared to other epithermal gold regions in the world, is grossly underexplored….
Mtn Lake sizes Bobby’s Pond
Consultants Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA) will spend the next five to six weeks completing an independent technical report on Mountain Lake Resources‘ (MOA-V, MLKRF-O) Bobby’s Pond m…
Toronto Stock Exchange february 21-27
The Toronto Stock Exchange retreated 159.29 points to 11,706.47 during the five trading days ended Feb. 27. The gold index fell 4% to 265.39 as the underlying commodity shed US$1.25 to US$553.25. The…