Higher aluminum prices forecast
We expect base metal prices to continue to perform strongly over the near term, even though we have already seen multi-year highs. We also believe the rising price cycle will turn after this year.In t…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Meguma gold enjoys revival
A small Nova Scotian exploration company led by William Felderhof believes a geological model developed by an Aussie junior to exploit the Bendigo goldfields in Australia is applicable to gold deposit…
Thank you India
With the rapid industrialization of China and all that goes along with it (such as increased metals demand) garnering so much media attention, it’s perhaps not surprising that the world’s second most …
New discovery spurs Mount Polley’s revival
The latest round of drilling by Imperial Metals (III-T) is confirming the high-grade nature of the newly discovered Northeast zone at the Mount Polley mine project in south-central British Columbia.Th…
Azure active at Meguma
Vancouver-based Azure Resources (AZR-V) is underground on the Mooseland project, 70 km north of Halifax, where it recently took a bulk sample of more than 2,000 tonnes from the Irving, Little North an…
Labrador uranium draws juniors
Two companies better known for their efforts in gold exploration — Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) and Altius Minerals (ALS-V) — have reopened the search for uranium in Labrador’s Central Mineral…
Exchange Rates (March 08, 2004)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateMarch 2March 1Feb. 27Feb. 26Feb. 25US$ in C$1.34311.33911.34011.3…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 08, 2004)
DateMarch 2March 1Feb. 27Feb. 26Feb. 25HighLowTSX Composite8808.00…
First Associates’ Poirier favours Glencairn
The following is the first in a series of articles concerned with the stock picks of a select group of mining analysts and newsletter writers who follow the junior retail mining sector closely. This w…
Hard to kill
“Prospectors foregathered to the number of about 150 in Toronto on Tuesday to form an association and to formally protest against the passage of the proposed Engineers Act. Organization was quickly pe…
Editorial Cartoon (March 08, 2004)
American Gold gains Metates
Vancouver-based American Gold Capital (AAU-V) has acquired the Metates gold-silver project in the Mexican state of Durango.The company issued 12 million shares for the acquisition, as required under t…