Cardero offered US$200 million for Pampa de Pongo
Vancouver – In the midst of a flurry of questions about slowing Chinese metal consumption, Cardero Resource (CDU-T,…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Noront, Rosseau agree on compromise board
A day before Noront Resources’ (NOT-V) annual shareholders’ meeting — where a dramatic proxy contest was set to de…
Intrepid gets positive assays from Paulsens extension
Intrepid Mines (IAU-T) is busy developing two newly found gold zones at its Paulsens gold mine in Western Australia…
Green Macaw gets in the way of Infinito
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Environment Minister Roberto Dobles find themselves in the hot seat for their…
LENDING RATES (October 27, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Oct. 21, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.75 Target overnight rate 2.25 Canadian Prime 4.25 U. S. Discount Primary 1.75 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 1.50 U. S. Prime …
EXCHANGE RATES (October 27, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 13 Oct. 10 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 US$ in C$ 1.1976 1.1823 1.1952 1.1802 1.1602 C$ in US$ 0.8350 0.8458 0.8367 0.8473 0.86…
PEOPLE (October 27, 2008)
Africo Resources — Jim Cook, Pieter Deboutte, Matthew Fisher and Douglas Ryan appointed directors.
American Mining Hall of Fame to celebrate new inductees
On Dec. 6, geologists, prospectors and mine engineers will gather in Tucson, Ariz. for the 26th Annual American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and Banquet.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – OCT. 14-20
Sliding commodity prices and fears of a recession are haunting the Canadian economy: A new poll by the Conference Board of Canada found that consumer confidence fell this month to its lowest level sin…
Agnico-Eagle on track with Meadowbank for 2010 (October 27, 2008)
Gold-bearing Archean greenstone belts were first discovered in the Baker Lake area of what is now Nunavut in the 1980s. Fast-forward 28 years and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-n) is in the midst of b…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (October 27, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,383.33/t.
Blue Note to close Caribou and Restigouche
Blue Note Mining (BN-T, BNMFF-o) is the latest miner to join the care and maintenance club after less than a year of commercial production at its Caribou and Restigouche zinc-lead mines in Bathurst, N…