Australian Solomons’ Drive to Bring Back Gold Ridge
Tsunamis and civil wars are just some of the problems that could hinder the development of a mine in a tropical paradise like the Solomon Islands.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Underworld Applies Full Metal Savvy to New Zealand
Vancouver-based Underworld Resources (UW-V) has completed two small drilling programs on its gold properties in New Zealand. The resulting assays will help determine how the company allocates the $3 m…
India: the Sleeping Giant
You might say Charles Devenish is a patient man. The Australian entrepreneur has been waiting for more than a decade for permission to start mining projects in India. He has applications for permits o…
Katanga fears CAMEC’s motive for special meeting (August 27, 2007)
Takeover target Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-O) says Central African Mining and Exploration Co. (CAMEC) (CEAMF-O, CFM-L) has demanded a special shareholders meeting in an effort to end its shareholder…
Lending Rates (August 27, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, August 14, 2007(%)
TSX Rights and Warrants (August 27, 2007)
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM.WT.U) — Wt buys sh @ US$19 to Nov 14/07.
Golden Star backs up Bogosu power (August 27, 2007)
Golden Star Resources (GSC-T, GSS-X) has contracted for a 20-megawatt power station to be built at its Bogosu-Prestea gold mine complex in central Ghana, and will buy at least half of the plant’s capa…
Disappointing Q2 for First Quantum
Record rainfall, higher costs and a fall in net sales sent First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, GQVLF-O) second-quarter profits tumbling to US$123.1 million (US$1.83 per share), down 18% from the correspondi…
Southern Arc takes on abandoned Indonesia (August 27, 2007)
As junior mining companies across the world gripe about lab delays and equipment shortages caused by the so-called “super-cycle,” Southern Arc Minerals (SA-V, SOACF-O) is a little more relaxed in sunn…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $655.50 -11.85 Silver $11.67 -1.09 Platinum $1243.00 -30.00 Palladium $326.00 -25.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $11.86 -0.74…
High-grade copper at Moonlight
Vancouver — The first three drill holes by Sheffield Resources (SLD-V, SLDOF-O) on the Engels mine area of its Moonlight copper property, in northern California’s Plumas Cty., have cut into a zone of…
GobiMin sees record earnings in Q2
China-focused junior producer GobiMin (GMN-V) saw a healthy second quarter this year, with record revenue at its Ye…