Articles by Northern Miner Staff




Lending Rates (October 12, 2009)

as of 5 p. m. ET. Oct 5, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …


Exchange Rates (October 12, 2009)

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 5 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 Sept. 29 US$ in C$ 1.0757 1.0845 1.0774 1.0722 1.0871 C$ in US$ 0.9296 0.9221 0.9282 0.9327 0….


International Quotes (October 12, 2009)

Australia (A$) Oct. 5 Sept. 29 Change Aquila Resources 7.05 6.85 0.2 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.12 3.21 -0.09 Fortescue Res 3.59 3.90 -0.31 Iluka…


Castle Gold Makes Progress At La Fortuna

Assay results from surface mapping and sampling at Castle Gold’s (CSG-V, CSGLF-O) 100%-owned La Fortuna concessions in the northwestern corner of Mexico’s Durango state have returned up to 41.1 grams …



Avalon Upgrades Thor Lake

Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVARF-O) has outlined enough resources to warrant going ahead with a prefeasibility study on its Thor Lake rare metals project, 100 km southeast of Yellowknife, N. W. T.


CGA Mining Hits High-Grade Gold In Nigeria

CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGX-A) has its hands full with an advanced-stage gold project in the Philippines and completing a feasibility study at its next development project, a copper deposit in Zambia. But …


Arranging core samples at Great Panther Resources' Guanajuato silver-gold mine in Mexico.

Great Panther Plots Growth Strategy

Investment in new equipment, plant upgrades and an increased drilling budget along with new underground mine development are all part of Great Panther Resources’ (GPR-T, GPRLF-O) three-year growth strategy in Mexico.Capital spending for the…


How Minefinders Lived Up To Its Name

About 15 years ago, Mark Bailey, then a consulting geologist for Minefinders (MFL-T, MFN-X), walked away from the company and its grassroots La Bolsa silver-gold project in northern Sonora, Mexico, because he felt management was more concerned…


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