Eritrea sulphides attract Lundin financing
Vancouver – Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-A) is making a strategic private placement investment in Sanu Resources (SNU…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Arrow options four nickel-copper properties in Atikokan
Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) has signed options agreements to acquire four nickel-copper properties in northwestern…
More money for Forsys at Valencia
After announcing a new uranium discovery on its Valencia uranium property in Namibia back in mid-December, Forsys M…
Editorial: The Top Ten (January 03, 2007)
Every so often, a year is eventful enough to live up to its billing. In 2006, we saw some of the promised takeo…
Noront plans underground sampling at Windfall
In a bid to get better information about the morphology and grade of the Windfall gold deposit in Urban Twp., north…
Regulator puts Alcan’s Kitimat smelter plan in limbo
Vancouver – Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) says a planned $1.8 billion upgrade of its Kitimat smelter is in limbo following a r…
High-grade nickel hole launches Starfire (January 02, 2007)
Vancouver – A hot drill intercept from its Langmuir nickel project near Timmins has given Starfire Minerals (SFR-V,…
Asia Now starts drilling at Habo project in China
With the close of southern China’s rainy season, Asia Now Resources (NOW-V) has begun a 1,000-metre drill program a…
Inco slows nickel production in Indonesia
Dry weather has forced Inco (N-T, N-N) to cut weekly nickel output by about 130 tonnes at its Indonesia unit becaus…
Bema execs asked for documents in Verde dispute
Vancouver — Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-N, BAU-L) CEO Clive Johnson and vice-president Dennis Stansbury have been asked to testify in a dispute between a U.S. insurance firm and the company that was contra…
News Roundup — Latin America
Skeena cuts higher grades at El Corazon
UEX sees more high-grade uranium from Shea Creek (January 01, 2007)
Vancouver — Further high-grade uranium values were encountered in drilling by UEX’s (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) joint venture partner Areva Resources Canada on the Shea Creek project in the western Athabasca ba…