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News January 9, 2006

Partners test Moore Lake (January 09, 2006)

The last batch of holes from a summer drilling campaign on the Moore Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan contains more encouraging results for partners International Uranium (IUC-T…

News January 9, 2006

Falco ponies up from Koniambo

Partners Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and Socit Minire du Sud Pacifique (SMSP) have succesfully weathered a court challenge to their control over the Koniamb…

News January 9, 2006

Redcorp tests anomalies at Lagoa Salgada

A recent drilling program aimed at testing five geological and geophysical anomalies failed to intersect mineralization or were abandoned before reaching their target depths at the Lagoa Salgada coppe…

Past, better days. From left: Normand Dupras, Falconbridge's exploration manager in the Bathurst base metal camp; Keith Ashfield, New Brunswick's minister of Natural Resources; and Slam Exploration president Mike Taylor together at an airport in New Brunswick in 2003 after all three parties had reached a 5-year agreement to use MegaTEM surveys to explore for new deposits that might extend the life of Falconbridge's 41-year-old Brunswick base metal operation in the Bathurst camp. Falconbridge recently walked away from the Bathurst joint venture after Slam did not produce the necessary funds for this year's exploration program.

News January 9, 2006

Falconbridge slams door on Slam JV

Unable to come up with the funds to finance this year’s exploration on the Bathurst joint venture in New Brunswick, Slam Exploration (SXL-V, SLMXF-O) was finally given its walking p…

News January 9, 2006

Spot Prices Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $520.75 +15.00
Silver $9.04 +0.49
Platinum…

News January 9, 2006

Editorial: Goodale should stay on

It’s been said that Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is not unlike a bean bag chair, taking the shape of whoever last sat on him….

News January 9, 2006

It’s never easy to say goodbye

The Northern Miner is part of a close-knit group of people who also produce the Canadian Mining Journal and the Canadian and American Mines Handbook….

News January 9, 2006

McEwen adds Minera Andes to roster

Vancouver — Minera Andes (MAI-V, MNEAF-O) is the latest junior explorer to fall into the sights of Robert McEwen, who is investing $10 million in the company….

News January 9, 2006

Royal Gold buying Kennecott royalties

Vancouver — Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) is expanding its portfolio by spending US$25 million for a pair of royalties owned by Kennecott, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto…

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