Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A feasibility study commissioned by TVI Pacific (TVI-T) has determined that the oxide resource at the Canatuan massive sulphide deposit on Mindanao in the Philippines can be mined economically as an open pit.

Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) will play the angel in a restructuring of French-based Guyanor Resources (GRL.B-T), providing continuing financing and forgiving an existing loan.

In contrast to the findings in an annual survey of mining companies published by the Fraser Institute, a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers says financing for mining projects in British Columbia improved in 2003.

CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…

Pacific Gold (PCFG-O) hopes to be a placer gold producer in Oregon and Nevada in the near future. It is a company to watch as the action unfolds.

Axmin (AXM-V) has intersected good gold grades on its Kofi project, 25 km northwest of Kniba in western Mali.

Vancouver — Drilling by First Point Minerals (FPX-V) on the Rio Luna gold project in Nicaragua has returned encouraging grades.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 28 (change from May 25 in brackets):…

Vancouver — Drilling by Northern Lion Gold (NL-V) on the Haveri project in southwestern Finland continues to return encouraging gold values.

The president and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC), Gary Livingston, has stepped down to assume the same posts with Western Canadian Coal.