Stronger loonie affects PCS
Responding to the stronger Canadian dollar, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T) has lowered its earnings expectations for the second quarter.The world’s biggest producer of fertilizer says earnings w…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Twenty-Five Years Ago / July 1978
PQ mum on Asbestos takeoverQuebec government spokesmen are silent on reports that a New York investment firm hired by the province to evaluate the assets of Asbestos Corp. has set a price of US$60 a s…
Spot Prices Wednesday July 2, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$351.203.35Silver$4.560.05Platinum$673.003.00Pall…
SWG takes aim at Liam
Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has launched a 2,000-metre drill program on the Liam silver property in southern Peru.The program is designed to test diatreme breccias associated with high…
Producer and Dealer Prices (July 07, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,380/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.90/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.65/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$10.15-11.00/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.751/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$140/kg.Irid…
The Northern Miner Indices (July 07, 2003)
North American Mining: 73.92 (+1.73)Small Producers: 71.22 (+1.71)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (July 07, 2003)
DateJuly 1June 30June 27June 26June 25HighLowTSX CompositeHoliday…
Canadian exploration trends
Annual spending on mineral exploration in Canada has stabilized above $500 million, after declining from a peak of $921 million in 1997 and a low of $497 million in 2000, according to a report publish…
IMA explores Navidad bonanza silver discovery
An induced-polarization (IP) survey across the high-grade Navidad silver discovery in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina has identified a large chargeability anomaly with a surface footprint o…
Northern Dynasty fast tracks Pebble
Vancouver — Armed with a $5-million financing, Hunter Dickinson-led junior Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V) is intensifying exploration efforts over the 89-sq.-km sulphide system on the Pebble gold-…
Anuri shows potential
Partial microdiamond results from core drilling on the Rockinghorse joint venture in the Coronation Gulf district of Nunavut continue to demonstrate the potential of the Anuri kimberlite.Operator Kenn…
Golden Star shines over Mampon (July 07, 2003)
Denver-based Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) has completed its $9.5-million acquisition of Ashanti Goldfields’ (ASL-N) Mampon property, 40 km northeast of Bogoso, Ghana.Mampon is home to a probable rese…