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INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY

Geology 101 - an introduction to Geology from The Northern Miner regular feature

PDF Document Geologic Time Scale

Quality Control in Mineral Exploration

CONVERSION TABLES

Metric - Imperial
General Conversion Factors - metric-imperial and ore grade conversion factors

Currency Exchange

Bank of Canada
Yahoo Finance

DICTIONARIES

Financial Dictionaries

Barkley's Comprehensive Financial Glossary

Mining Terms

Mining Explained Glossary - glossary of mining and financial terminology

MAPS

National Atlas of Canada
Mining Company's World Atlas
National Geographic's Map Machine
Quick Maps
Expedia Maps

PERIODIC TABLE

Web Periodic Table

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The Northern Miner TVPhoto Gallery
  • Talking to the Hall of Fame Inductees (part 2) Graham Farquharson, a founder of Strathcona Mineral Services

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METALS CHARTS AND PRICES

Precious MetalsBase Metals
AM FixPM Fix
Gold1,104.001,104.25
Silver17.0200
Platinum1,608.001,616.00
Palladium458.00463.00

Data available from 9am to 6pm (GMT). Source: BaseMetals.com

Cash Sett3M SettStock Close+ / -
Copper7470.007498.50532575-3075
Alum. 2216.002245.504518800-4400
Nickel21800.0021795.00158940-444
Zinc2330.002356.50538750-500
Lead2251.002281.00170150-75
Tin17550.0017605.0023835-25
Al.Alloy1995.002025.0079400-160
NASAAC2110.002140.50175580-80
Steel(Med)409500
Steel(FE)48100

Data for previous business day. Source: BaseMetals.com


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