Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The recent federal budget extended, by one year, the Investment Tax Credit for Exploration in Canada (ITCE), also known as “super” flow-through shares. The buying period for shares eligible for the ITCE will end Dec. 31, 2005, 12 months longer tha…

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Vancouver — Robex Resources (RBX-V) has arranged a private placement that will raise between $750,000 and $2.5 million. The money will be applied to the LaCorne and Kolomba gold properties in Mali, West Africa.

Vancouver-based Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) intends to spend $3 million exploring the Prairie Creek mine property in the Northwest Territories.

Twenty miners reported illness following exposure to uranium-contaminated water while showering at the Ranger mine, 220 km east of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory.

North American Palladium (PDL-T) will construct an underground mine at its Lac des les operation, near Thunder Bay, Ont.

Seeking a broader shareholder base, Australian-listed Anvil Mining has decided to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

The College of Eastern Utah has dropped its mining program after 30 years, owing to declining enrolment and state legislature-inflicted budget restrictions.

McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has agreed to sell a portion of its Kiena mine royalties to Wesdome Gold Mines (WDG-V) for $700,000.

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Drilling by First Narrows Resources (UNO-V) has intersected encouraging gold mineralization at the Golden Ridge property in southern New Brunswick.