AME BC wants your photos
The Vancouver-based Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) is holding a contest for the best photographs of mineral exploration in B.C., throughout Canada, and around the world….
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Suppliers News (August 07, 2006)
Cabo to drill Inco’s Voisey’s site…
Diamond Markets
MINING EXPLAINED…
PDAC’s long-term strategy
Commentary…
Editorial: The CEO’s getting paid how much?!?!
Investors in certain U.S. stocks who’ve been angered by excessive, hidden management perks and burned by the shady back-dating of executive stock options will soon be getting some satisfaction courtes…
Richview gets Thierry results (August 07, 2006)
Early stage metallurgical testing on samples from the Thierry copper-nickel deposit near Pickle Lake, Ont., have shown successful concentration in a conventional bulk flotation system….
Platinum Australia likes Smokey Hills
Australian platinum developer Platinum Australia (PTNMF-O, PLAA-L, PLA-A) has received positive preliminary results from a feasibility study on the Smokey Hills platinum group element project in the e…
Northern Peru Copper drills more gold at Hilorico
Vancouver — Drilling by Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) has returned wide mineralized intercepts in all five of the latest holes on its Hilorico gold project in northwestern Peru….
Pacifica’s discoveries enhance district-scale potential at Selwyn
Selwyn basin, Yukon — The Selwyn project being explored by Pacifica Resources (PAX-V, PCFRF-O) hosts a large resource that could become one of the major new suppliers of zinc and lead concentrates in…
Quadra tables bid for Equatorial
Vancouver — Upstart copper producer Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) has launched a takeover offer for Australian-based Equatorial Mining (EQM-A)….
Teck ups bid for Inco
The widely anticipated bidding war for Inco (N-T, N-N) has begun, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) boosting the cash portion of its bid just four days after the nickel miner failed in its attempt to…
Exchange Rates (August 07, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…