Toronto Stock Exchange Nov. 6-12
The bustling Nov 6-12 trading period generated plenty of buzz, starting with the TSX Composite Index, which plunged 4.7%, or 668.41 points, to 13,604.96. The TSX wasn’t alone — equity markets around …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
U.S. Markets Nov. 6-12
The screaming you heard came from United States equity markets during the reporting period Nov. 6-12. Weak earnings results, and further revelations of writedowns in asset-backed debt by financial ins…
TSX Venture Exchange Nov. 6-12
After toying with its all-time nominal high around US$850 per oz., gold prices pulled back over the Nov. 6-12 trading session, prompting a 200.6-point decline in the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Inde…
NA Tungsten launches Mactung study
Vancouver — Strongly bullish on tungsten’s outlook, North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-O) has begun a feasibility study on its large Mactung project, near MacMillan Pass on the Yukon-Northwest Ter…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $803.40 -14.15 Silver $14.68 -0.29 Platinum $1402.00 -62.50 Palladium $366.00 -7.50 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $15.12 +0.81 Lead $1.60 -0.11 Copper $3.16…
Katanga and Nikanor to form African copper giant
Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-O) and Nikanor (nkr-l) are planning a merger that would create Africa’s biggest copper producer and become the world’s biggest cobalt producer by 2011.
Benton, Teck set drill targets
Benton Resources (BTC-V, BNRJF-O) has assayed the last of 324 grab samples taken this summer from its Kingurutik Lake copper-nickel-cobalt property in Labrador, confirming mineralization in numerous z…
Queenston sees Upper Beaver gold, copper
Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) drilling program on the porphyry and syenite breccia zones at the Upper Beaver property east of Kirkland Lake, Ont., is intersecting mineralized zones with high-gra…
Claude adds ounces at Seabee (November 19, 2007)
Saskatoon, Sask.-based gold miner Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) has added to gold reserves at its underground Seabee mine in northeastern Saskatchewan.
Empire now a mining company, eyes Turkish copper
Vancouver-based capital pool company Empire Mining (EPC-V) has completed the qualifying transaction it first announced in mid-September, with Global Securities acting as sponsor.
New gold zone at Juby (November 19, 2007)
Drilling by Temex Resources (TME-V, TMXRF-O) at its Juby joint-venture property, 20 km west of Gowganda, Ont., has discovered new gold mineralization on the deposit.
Vior outlines Douay resource
A new resource calculation for Vior Mining Exploration (VIO-V) has doubled the size of the Douay gold deposit, about 60 km south of Matagami, Que.