New Pacific Metals hopes to acquire debt-ridden Tagish Lake Gold
Shares of indebted Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) soared 50% to 6¢ apiece with 6.39 million shares changing han…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Anglo American sells Australian coal assets
London-based Anglo American (AAL-L) is selling its stakes in five undeveloped coal assets in Australia to a …
U.S. equities clobbered in the June 28-July 2 trading week
It was a slaughter for U.S. equities in the June 28-July 2 trading week as anxiety mounted about the likelihoo…
Landmark hearing for Pacific Rim at World Bank arbitration centre
Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T, PMU-X) wants its money back: all US$77 million of it. The Vancouver-based mining company is embroiled in a dispute with the government of El Salvador over the country’s fail…
Where should investors spend, if not gold?
If you ask economist William Gamble which metals he believes have the most upside over the next two years his answer is an unequivocal “None whatsoever.”
Olympus raises US$21.9M for gold plant
Southeast Asian gold producer Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-T, OYM-A, OLYMF-O) has become one of the first companies to develop and present a syndicated gold loan offering through a brokerage firm.
Rudd’s fall stokes miners’ optimism
The swift and surprising ouster of controversial Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd brought with it new hopes for miners that the dreaded Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) proposal in Australia can …
Financing the future of exploration
The following is an edited and condensed version of a presentation given by incoming Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) president, Scott Jobin-Bevans to the Association of Mining …
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -June 21-25
The TSX composite index finished the June 21-25 period lower just as the riots around the G20 meetings were getting set to unfold in the streets of Toronto. The weekend meeting ended with leaders agre…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (July 05, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$8,250.00 /t.
DAILY METAL PRICES (July 05, 2010)
Daily Metal Prices Date June 28 June 25 June 24 June 23 June 22 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1900/1900 1852/1865 1825/1840 …
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (July 05, 2010)
*as of May 31/10