Exchange Rates (December 31, 2007)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Dividends (December 31, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Goldcorp 0.015 Dec 28 Dec 21 Newmont Mining 0.10* Dec 28 Dec 7 Hecla Mining 0.875* Jan 1 Dec 14 Iamgold 0.06* Jan 11…
Lending Rates (December 31, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, Dec 20, 2007(%)
Tips for gold seekers in China (December 31, 2007)
Beijing, China — China’s mining history may stretch back 3,000 years, but when it comes to gold, the country has yet to find many world-class gold deposits.
Cross Lake’s QR gold mine in full production
Vancouver — Production is finally in full swing at Cross Lake Minerals’ (CRN-T, CRNKF-O) QR gold mine, near Quesnel, B.C.
Extract joins uranium stampede in Namibia
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — The high-pitched wail from the handheld spectrometer intensifies as the geologist creeps across the dry, rocky terrain of Extract Resources’ (EXT-T, EXT-A) Husab uranium project…
Digging into China’s vast, untapped, interior
SITE VISIT Xinhuru, Inner Mongolia, China — In the summer months, the sparse grasslands in this remote corner of China’s enormous Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are used primarily by locals…
Daily Metal Prices (December 31, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Tahera seeks $40M to stay afloat
As 2007 comes to a close, Tahera Diamond (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) will go down as one of the more dire mining stories of the year.
Surge in geo students cramps U of T budget
Letter to the Editor
Editorial: Boyd and Scherkus build Agnico-Eagle into powerhouse
No company better embodies the spirit of Canada’s plucky gold mining sector today than Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle Mines, with its technical competence, unshakeable faith in gold, independent streak, a…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 31, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,540/t.