Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Producer and Dealer Prices (March 31, 2003)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,500/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.80/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.70/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.20-10.30/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.771/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$110/kg.Iridium…




Penasquito resource updated

Vancouver — Western Silver Corp. (WTC-T), formerly known as Western Copper Holdings, has announced a revised resource estimate for the Chile Colorado zone Mexico’s Zacatecas state. The zone is part o…


APAC busy in Patagonia

Vancouver — Patagonia Gold has begun a 5,500-metre, 24-hole drill program at the Cuya low-sulphidation epithermal gold property in the Argentina’s Rio Negro province.The project is a joint-venture be…


Diamond definition won’t change: Bureau

A proposed change to the trade definition of Canadian diamonds, aimed at fostering a fledgling diamond cutting and polishing industry in the Northwest Territories, is dead in the water.The document, c…


River Valley PGM deposit shows continuity

Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) has tabled the first batch of assays from a 40,000-metre, $5.3-million drilling campaign at the River Valley platinum group metal (PGM) property, near Sudbury, Ont.T…


Pele peers into Cristal

Junior Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) has begun drill-testing the Cristal diamond showing at the Festival property, near Wawa, Ont.Earlier this year, Pele recovered a white, 0.72-carat gem-quality di…


Noranda confirms Magnola plant closure

Noranda (NRD-T) is closing its 80%-owned Magnola magnesium plant is in Danville, Que. The troubled plant will be idled for at least a year, possibly longer depending on magnesium prices.Layoffs will b…



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