Nevsun gets US$235M credits approvals for Bisha
Vancouver – Nevsun Resources’ (NSU-T) appears to have cleared a major hurdle on the way to financing the Bisha proj…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Evolving jumps on big intercept
It took Evolving Gold (EVG-V) two tries to get the word out, but after releasing the same press release on the se…
Tirex keeps adding promise at Mirdita
Vancouver – Tirex Resources (TXX-V) is slowly proving the precious and base metal potential of its Mirdita projec…
Lower production hurts Quadra
Second quarter production was lower than expected for Vancouver-based copper miner Quadra Mining (QUA-T), and the c…
Three dead in shootings near Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia
A 29-year-old Australian and father of a nine-week old infant who worked as an engineer at Freeport-McMoRan Copper …
Romarco expands Snake pit mineralization
Vancouver – Romarco Mineral’s (R-V, RTRAF-O) first drill hole result of the 2009 season has extended gold mineraliz…
Helio focuses on Porcupine gold target in Tanzania
Helio Resource (HRC-V) has intersected gold mineralization in the first three drill holes from its 2009 program a…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (July 13, 2009)
52-week Date July 6 July 3 July 2 July 1 June 30 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1064.63 1092.96 1092.58 1091.97 1091.97 2563.96 678.62 TSX Composite 10027.43 10283.10 10245.91 103…
TSX Venture Short Positions (July 13, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at June 30/09 (with changes from June 15/09).
Dividends (July 13, 2009)
Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and preferred class A shares on Oct 30. Anglo American, Teck Resources and Harry Winston have all suspended their dividends. Hecla Mining is deferring payment of …
Lending Rates (July 13, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. July 7, 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 …
Banro Ponders Production Options
Red Back Mining’s (RBI-T, RBIFF-O) move to acquire Moto Goldmines (MGL-T, MTOGF-O) and its gold-rich Moto project in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had investors pondering more…