Editorial: Bidding wars heat up
The talk of the North American mining scene in mid-March was the ratcheting up of two high-profile bidding wars.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
El Morro’s EIA gets the green light (March 28, 2011)
Chilean authorities have approved El Morro’s environmental impact assessment, joint-venture partners Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X), report.
Technical Analysis Report: Gold a safe-haven no more (March 28, 2011)
With the disaster in Japan reaping havoc on global markets, investors may well be looking to the past to get a better understanding of what investments held up in such uncertain times.
MAC: Environmental group’s report is flawed
The following was released by the Ottawa-based Mining Association of Canada (MAC) in response to the PEW Environmental Group’s report “A forest of blue – Canada’s boreal forest, the world’s water keeper.” For more information visit…
Long intercept lifts Prodigy (March 28, 2011)
Prodigy Gold (PDG-V) continues to hit significant gold intercepts as it drives to push its Magino gold mine back into production.
MEG: Financings recovered fully in 2010
The following was released by the Metals Economics Group, based on its Strategic Report. For more information visit www.metalseconomics.com.
Federal government funds ‘CAT scan for the earth’
The Canadian government is spending $1.8 million to fund a new geophysical survey technology from Vancouver called muon geotomography.
People (March 28, 2011)
Andean American Gold – Shafiq Gulamani resigned as a director.
Market News (March 28, 2011)
Toronto Stock Exchange
Spot prices (March 28, 2011)
Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2011
LME warehouse levels (March 28, 2011)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Mar. 21, 2011 (change from Mar. 14 in brackets):
White Tiger curls up with cash-strapped Century Mining (March 28, 2011)
Amid serious financial troubles, Century Mining (CMM-V) has agreed to an all-share takeover bid by White Tiger Gold (WTG-T), a newly listed gold miner 74% controlled by Russian mining promoter Maxim Finskiy.