Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Daily Metal Prices (December 29, 2008)

Date Dec. 15 Dec. 12 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1120/1180 1140/1180 1140/1210 1110.50/1170 1105…



Drilling at Exeter Resource's Caspiche gold-copper project in the Maricunga region of the Chilean Andes.

Exeter Advances Caspiche And Cerro Moro

SITE VISIT Copiapo, Chile — The road from the city of Copiapo to Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V, XRA-x) Caspiche gold-copper project in the Chilean Andes snakes…





Tsx Venture Exchange – DEC. 16-18

The TSX Venture composite index slipped another 16.39 points over the Dec. 16-18 trading period, closing at 700.45 points. The three weekdays only included two trading days, however, as the Toronto St…


Toronto Stock Exchange – DEC. 16-18

The Dec. 16-18 trading session may have been short, but it was full of surprises. A technical glitch linked to data feeds closed the TSX all day on Wed. Dec. 17 — the same day the Organization of the…


U. S. Markets – DEC. 16-18

U. S. equity markets were up during the shortened Dec.16-18 trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 40 points, or 0.5%, to 8,605; the S&P 500 index added 17 points, or 1.9%, to 88…


AME BC Announces Annual Award Winners

Vancouver– The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) has named its award winners for 2008. These B. C. industry leaders will be honoured at the annual awards dinner on Jan. 28…


Drilling at Norsemont Mining's Constancia polymetallic project in Peru. With $7 million tied up in the frozen asset-backed commercial paper market, the company has had to delay a US$3-million payment attached to its 100% acquisition of the project.

Bad Commercial Paper Delays Norsemont Payment

The frozen asset-backed commercial paper market continues to affect miners, with Norsemont Mining (NOM-T, NOMFF-o) announcing that it will have to delay a payment attached to its 100% acquisition of i…


Ridgetop Shaping Up For Capstone

Vancouver– Results from the last 28 holes from Capstone Mining’s (CS-T, CSFFF-o) 2008 drill program at the Minto mine, in the Yukon, confirm good grades of relatively near-surface copper and gold wit…


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