U.S. Gold looks to consolidate Cortez Trend
Vancouver — Robert McEwen’s U.S. Gold (USGL-O) has launched takeover offers for four TSX Venture-listed companies in an anticipated manoeuvre to fuse together a large, strategic land…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
StrataGold readies for Tassawini resource
SITE VISIT…
Blockade shuts down Freeport’s Grasberg
Vancouver — A large group of protesters, some toting weapons, effectively shut down operations at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s Pa…
Battle brewing between Big Red Diamond and Kel-Ex
Montreal-based Big Red Diamond (DIA-V) has requested an additional 30 days from the Autorit des marchs financiers to file its annual financial statements ended Oct. 31, 2005, blamin…
Book review: J.P. Norrie biography a gold mine obscured by overburden
BOOK REVIEW…
Daily Metal Prices (March 13, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Red Back drilling confirms Abodoabo trench results (March 13, 2006)
Vancouver — The first drill holes on Red Back Mining’s (RBI-T, RBIFF-O) Abodoabo prospect, in southwestern Ghana, are substantiating previous trench results from the gold project….
People (March 13, 2006)
Christopher James Gold — Philip Anderson appointed manager of Latin American operations….
U.S. Markets February 28-March 6
Rate-hike and gold-price jitters took their toll on U.S. markets over the report period Feb. 28-March 6, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down 15.86 points at 1,278.26. Senior gold companies s…
LME Warehouse Levels (March 13, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 27, 2006 (change from Feb. 20 in brackets):…
TSX Short Positions (March 13, 2006)
Short positions outstanding at Feb. 28, 2006 (with changes from Feb. 15)….
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 13, 2006)
| Date | March 6 | March 3 | March 2 | March 1 | Feb. 28 | High | Low |
| S&P/TSX-Ven Comp | 2643.51 | 2651.23 |