Editorial: Aurelian delivers big time
A remarkable gold-discovery story stood head and shoulders above the rest of the mining industry during the week ended Oct. 6, the 40th trading week of 2007
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Climate change and energy policy
Commentary There is universal recognition that both conservation of fossil fuel resources and development of alternative energy sources will be critical in solving an incipient…
Aurelian puts Fruta del Norte resource at 13.7M oz gold
Aurelian Resources (ARU-T, AUREF-O) is sitting on one heck of a lot of gold.
Intrepid, Emperor to merge
Emperor Mines (EMPMY-O, EMP-A) has found its buyer in Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A), which has proposed a merger deal that values Emperor at $62 million.
Daily Metal Prices (October 15, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Northern Peru drills higher grades at Hilorico (October 15, 2007)
Vancouver — The latest drilling by Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) at its Hilorico gold project, in northwestern Peru’s Yanacocha district, has hit some of the highest gold grades encountered t…
Glencairn announces change in direction
A day after Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) announced it was selling its Cerro Quema gold project in Panama in order to focus on its Nicaraguan gold assets, the Canadian junior unveiled a $25-million fi…
LME Warehouse Levels (October 15, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 8, 2007 (change from Oct. 1 in brackets):
U.S. Markets October 2-8
After the steady gains realized during the previous session, the United States markets retreated slightly over the Oct. 2-8 trading period on concerns that a slowing economy will reduce demand for ene…
TSX Venture Exchange October 2-5
After weeks on the up-and-up, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index turned slightly bearish during the Oct. 2-5 trading session, losing 15.09 points to close at 2,857.57. Average daily trading volum…
Orko grows La Preciosa
Vancouver — With the addition of the Martha vein to the resource at its La Preciosa project, in Durango state, Mexico, Orko Silver (OK-V, OKOFF-O) has nearly doubled the metal tally from its previous…
Exeter climbs on Cerro Moro results (October 15, 2007)
Vancouver — The Loma Escondida vein, at the Cerro Moro project in Argentina, is producing high-grade silver-gold intercepts for Exeter Resource (XRC-V, XRA-X).