Barrick appoints Aaron Regent as CEO
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) founder and chairman, Peter Munk, has appointed former Falconbridge CEO, Aaron Regent, …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Velocity finding new moly in old Cassiar
Vancouver – The historic northern British Columbia mining town of Cassiar has a new resident: another junior explor…
Adanac avoids ‘fire-sale’ for 28 days
Vancouver – With more than US$80 million owed on a bridge-loan maturing Jan. 31, 2009, and about $100 million commi…
Avalon gets top drill grades in the Lake zone
Avalon Ventures (AVL-T) set out to define the eastern, southern and western margins of the Lake zone at its Thor La…
Fronteer plans to acquire Aurora Energy Resources
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-x) is the single largest shareholder, with 42%, of Aurora Energy Resources (…
Fortress Cuts High-Grade At Svetloye
Vancouver– Fortress Minerals (FST-V, FTMNF-o) has pulled a long and tantalizingly high-grade gold intercept from the Amy zone at its Svetloye property, 220 km southwest of Okhotsk, in Russia’s Far Ea…
Intrepid Hits Lengthy Gold Intervals In Indonesia
Vancouver — Recent drilling at Zone A of the Tumpangpitu prospect delivered Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-a) its best oxide drill results to date from the Tujuh Bukit property, near the eastern tip of J…
Dogpaw Fetches Good Grades For Houston Lake
Seventy-six per cent of the holes Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-o) has drilled on its Dogpaw Lake property, near Kenora, Ont., have intersected values of 3 grams gold per tonne or higher.
Great Basin Buys Mill For Hollister
Vancouver — Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-x) is trying to get two mines into production within the next six months and in recent weeks has taken a few important steps towards that goal.
International Quotes (December 22, 2008)
International Quotes Australia (A$) Dec 16 Dec 9 Change Bendigo Mining 0.17 0.13 0.04 Kingsgate Cons. 2.85 2.68 0.17 Lion Selection Ltd 0.67 0.79 -0.12…
Lending Rates (December 22, 2008)
Lending Rates as of 9 a. m. ET. Dec. 16, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.50 Target overnight rate 1.50 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S….
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 22, 2008)
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