Golden Hope Hits New Mineralization
Assay results from Golden Hope Mines (GNH-V, GOLHF-O)’ Bellechasse property confirm the company has hit upon a second mineralized body at its Quebec gold project.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TSX Short Positions (February 16, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 31/09 (with changes from Jan. 15/09).
Xstrata Chops Jobs, Output In Sudbury
Continued low nickel prices are forcing Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) subsidiary Xstrata Nickel to accelerate the downsizing of its nickel mining and milling assets in Ontario’s Sudbury basin.
Orex Adds Zones At Goldboro
Strong results from Orex Exploration’s (OX-V) drilling in Nova Scotia helped secure the Rouyn- Noranda, Que.-based junior some market momentum.
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (February 16, 2009)
Fund name Feb. 9 Jan. 26 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 20.14 18.82 1.32 7.0 10.90 2.60 540.4 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 9.40 8.98 0.42 4.7…
Livengood Grows To 6.8M Oz. Gold For Tower Hill
VANCOUVER — With its Livengood project, 110 km north of Fairbanks, Alaska, International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) already had a significant gold deposit amenable to bulk-tonnage heap leaching …
Hecla Restructures Debt, Raises US$65.6M
Hecla Mining (HL-N) is juggling debt and issuing shares to help repay a loan it took to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) at their co-owned Greens Creek silver mine, near Juneau in…
‘Porkulus’ To Stoke Inflation
The financial world during the fifth trading week of the year was dominated by the haggling in Washington, D. C., over the size and content of the federal government’s unprecedentedly large stimulus b…
Andean Resources Cuts High-Grade Gold In Argentina
VANCOUVER — Deep stepout drilling on the Eureka West vein has expanded the size of zones showing bonanza-grade gold for Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) at its Cerro Negro property in the province of …
Rio Tinto Sells More Assets To Pare US$37B Debt
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) continues to hack away at its immense debt load with sales to Vale (RIO-N) of its undeveloped potash assets in Argentina and Canada and an iron ore mine in Brazil for US$1.6 b…
People (February 16, 2009)
ATW Gold — Graham Harris appointed chairman; David Stone appointed COO.
Exeter Cuts Lengthy Low-Grade Gold At Caspiche
Exeter Resource( XRC-V, XRA-X) has reported drilling results from its Caspiche gold-copper and Cerro Moro gold-silver projects, in South America.