Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX ends north of 12,000

Nuclear-powered tensions in Iran pushed mining and oil stocks higher, helping the TSX Composite Index smash through the 12,000-point-mark for the first time ever, to end the Jan. 31-Feb. 6 report peri…


Gary Lunn

Lunn named Natural Resources minister

Gary Lunn, a Conservative member of Parliament who represents the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands in British Columbia, was named minister of natural resources when Prime Minister Stephen Harper recentl…


Goldie to talk Voisey’s Bay

At the next meeting of the Toronto Geological Discussion group, Ray Goldie of Salman Partners will examine how the political mess between Inco and the people of Newfoundland and Labrador almost killed…


Venture exchange outpaces senior board

The TSX Venture Composite Index closed the Jan. 31-Feb. 6 trading week at 2,606.49, up 58.77 points or 2.3%, continuing its march to new highs on an adjusted basis. Over the past year, the junior inde…


Adastra circles the wagons

Following a day of examination, Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, AAA-L) has again rejected a now formal takeover bid from First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L)….


Workers prepare the heap-leach pad at Glencairn Gold's Bellavista gold mine in Costa Rica, now in commercial production.

Bellavista makes it to commercial production

Miramar, Costa Rica — Sometimes, it takes a while. Thirty-five owners and 55 years after the first permits were issued, Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) is now in commercial productio…


Spot Prices Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $568.25 -1.55
Silver $9.72 -0.19
Platinum<...


Ivanhoe tables latest Oyu Tolgoi reserves

Vancouver — Previous resource calculations on Ivanhoe Mines‘ (IVN-T, IVN-N) planned open-pit deposits at Oyu Tolgoi, in southern Mongolia, have been upgraded to the reserve categor…




A Bradley Brothers drill tests Southwestern Resources' Boka gold project in Yunnan province, China. Results were released from 19 recently drilled holes, with the highlight being Hole 05-148, which returned 2.3 grams gold per tonne over 68.1 metres, from 223.7 metres to 291.8 metres.

Southwestern extends Boka 1 zone

Vancouver — An ongoing drill program by Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) has extended the strike length of the Boka 1 gold zone to 1,400 metres and its downdip extension to…


Endeavour marks first year

Vancouver — Having attained the rank of silver producer, Endeavour Silver (EDR-V, EDRGF-O) is looking to accelerate output at its Guanacevi operations on the Santa Cruz project in…


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