Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto stocks ended 65.29 points higher at 8,898.77 points on thinner-than-usual traffic as some investors remaine…

The S&P-TSX Composite Index gathered 246.78 points to end the March 31-to-April 6 report period at 8,832.71. The gains were not a result of the golds, which fell 3.43 points to 226.44. The price of the yellow metal fell US$5.80…

Robust prices for gold and silver triggered another round of trading activity on the TSX Venture Exchange over the report period March 31-April 6. The composite index was up about 20 points at 1,881 over the week.

Saskatoon-based Cameco (CCO-T) and the National Atomic Co. of Kazakstan plan to spend some US$38 million to bring the Inkai uranium deposit in that country into commercial production in 2007.

Following positive early sampling results, Goldeye Explorations (GGY-V) plans to open an exploration drift on the Sonia gold and silver prospect in central Chile.

Vancouver — Drilling by First Point Minerals (FPX-V) at the Rio Luna property in Nicaragua has intersected a stockwork zone of high-grade gold mineralization near the surface. The 2,000-metre, 15-hole program is testing the Bal…

Dublin-based Minmet intends to spin off its assets in the Dominican Republic for flotation on the TSX Venture Exchange via a reverse-takeover by Ontario-based Wellington Cove Explorations.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 6 (change from March 30 in brackets):…

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

Vancouver — Reconnaissance work at the Archangel project on Luzon Island in the Philippines has extended the gold-copper porphyry system in the South Lumbangan area.