People (September 28, 2009)
Canplats Resources — Richard Dufresne appointed exploration manager.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Indonesia Sends Troops To Safeguard Freeport Operations
The murder of an Australian employee, a local security guard and a policeman in July and a spate of shootings since then at Freeport- McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s P…
U.S. Markets Sept. 15-21
U. S. equity markets remained stable during the Sept. 15-21 reporting period with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 95.45 points or 0.99% to 9,788.86 and the S&P 500 index edging up 12.03 …
Toronto Stock Exchange Sept 15-21
The S&P/TSX composite index continued its rise over the Sept. 15-21 reporting period from a low reached last March (7,566.94 points), gaining 92.57 points to close at 11,424.61 — but not before h…
TSX Venture Exchange Sept. 15-21
The clock continued to tick backwards on the S&P/TSX Venture composite index for the Sept. 15-21 reporting period. Gaining 11.17 points to 1,269.35, the Venture hit its highest point since the fir…
LME Warehouse Levels (September 28, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, September 22, 2009 (change from Sept. 15 in brackets):
Spot Prices (September 28, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Dividends (September 28, 2009)
Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Oct. 1, record close Sept 11. Hecla deferred Oct. 1…
Timmins Gold Mine’s Long Road To Production
The Timmins West gold camp in Ontario has gotten a second life. High-grade gold in drill results from Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) and a US$1,000-per-oz. gold price have started an area play with many junior companies staking and exploring…
Apollo Signs Toll-Milling Deal With St Andrew
Apollo Gold (APG-T, AGT-X) will mill 100,000 tonnes of ore from its Black Fox mine at St Andrew Goldfields’ (SAS-T, STADF-O) nearby Holt mill.Under the arrangement, excess low-grade ores will be trucked, using a contractor, to St Andrew’s…
Metanor Gets Results At Barry Pit, Nelligan
Metanor Resources (MTO-V, MEAOF-O) has been seeing promising results from expansion drilling at its Barry pit at the operating Bachelor Lake gold mill, in Desmaraisville, Que., and at the Nelligan property just west of Bachelor Lake, and its…
Northgate Unearths New Zone At Young-Davidson Project
Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NGX-X) has found a new gold zone at its Young-Davidson property near Matachewan, Ont., close to the area of the proposed mine shaft.”These holes were originally drilled as condemnation holes to make sure there was…