Antares expands Haquira
Drilling by Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) at the Haquira porphyry-copper project in southern Peru has intersected high-grade leachable copper mineralization on a western extension of the known dep…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Gold Fields to pour cash into Essakane
South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has budgeted US$9.3 million for exploration and prefeasibility work on the Essakane project in northeastern Burkina Faso, a joint venture…
People (April 03, 2006)
Breakwater Res. — Richard Godfrey to resign as VP of finance and CFO in June….
Juniors fuel Niger’s latest uranium boom
COMMENTARY…
Mugabe’s meltdown
By all accounts, Amos Midzi, Zimbabwe’s minister of mines, is a mild-mannered soul….
Supplier News (April 03, 2006)
Atlas Copco helps build Sudbury attraction…
Jurisdictions a jostlin’
Mining companies are typically loathe to publicly and directly criticize the governments that have jurisdiction over their operations, so an anonymous survey of attitudes held by mining company execut…
Some tarnish on stainless market
FACT ‘N’ FIGURES…
Halo adds to Sherridon ground (April 03, 2006)
Halo Resources (HLO-V, HLOSF-O) has optioned three properties from HudBay Minerals (HBM-V, HBMFF-O) in the Sherridon area of northern Manitoba, bringing its land package there to 160 sq. km….
Celtic to earn in on Garland ground
An option deal between Celtic Minerals (CME-V, CMIGF-O) and Cornerstone Capital Resources (CGP-V, CTNXF-O) will let Celtic earn a 51% interest in Cornerstone’s Garland property in Labrador, 30 km sout…
Major resource boost in the Bushveld
Vancouver — Indicated resources have almost doubled at Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM-T, PTMQF-O) Western Bushveld joint venture in South Africa….
Rolling Rock to take over Monument Bay
Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-X, BAU-L) and Wolfden Resources (WLF-V, WFDNF-O) have reached an agreement with Rolling Rock Resources (RLL-V) under which Rolling Rock will take over ownership of the Monument B…