Lending Rates (September 03, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, August 14, 2007 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.50 Canadian Prime 6.00 U.S. Discount Primary 6.25 U.S….
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Suppliers News (September 03, 2007)
Aker Kvaerner posts strong quarter
Southwestern Sues Ex-CEO
Vancouver — An audit by Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) and an independent mining consultant on drill results from the Boka gold project appear to show that the data was deliberately tampered…
CNQ Trading — August 21-27, 2007
STOCK TICKER VOLUME(100s) HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Avanti Mining AVMI 150 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 0.50 Bison Gold Exp BGEI 680 0.20…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (September 03, 2007)
Date Aug. 27 Aug. 24 Aug. 23 Aug. 22 Aug. 21 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2632.68 2639.48 2586.60 2588.11 2530.84 3372.00 2291.43 TSX Composite 13487.43…
Letter to the Editor: Kudos to Our Tables
Reading The Northern Miner now takes me about one half-hour longer.
Editorial: Credit Crunch Cramps Miners’ Style
Mining companies and investors spent much of the week ended Aug. 25, the 35th trading week of 2007, licking their wounds and laying low after the previous week’s bloodletting on the world markets, whi…
El Nino Ventures Fast-Tracks DRC Copper Project
Jean Luc Roy knows a thing or two about fast-tracking projects in Africa. The president and chief executive of El Nino Ventures (ELN-V, ELNOF-O) has spent 19 years working in sub-Saharan Africa managi…
Selwyn Wrestles With Daunting Potential of Howard’s Pass
SITE VISIT Whitehorse, Yukon — Everything about Sel- wyn Resources’ (SWN-V, SWNLF-O) Howard’s Pass project is big: the lead and zinc resource, the potential mineralization…
Sherritt Finances Ambatovy
A US$2.1-billion debt financing deal has just brought Sherritt International (S-T, SHERF-O) one step closer to mining nickel on the Eden-like island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
Acadian Mining Rewarded by Broader Focus
Years of underinvestment in exploration and new zinc mine capacity, coupled with low zinc prices, screamed opportunity for Acadian Gold.
Exchange Rates (September 03, 2007)
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