Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Liberty Mineral Exploration (LBE-V) is calculating the resource at the McAra Lake cobalt deposit in northeastern Ontario, following infill drilling on cobaltite veins.

Resurgent metal and oil prices helped push the TSX Venture Exchange to another strong performance for the period ended Oct. 5, as the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index continued its blistering pace, rising another 75.55 points, or 4.8%, to 1,658.91…

The following insider trading transactions were reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in recent issues of the OSC Bulletin:…

Specialty and light-metals company Timminco (TIM-T) has added silicon metal and ferro-silicon to its mix of products by acquiring Quebec-based Bcancour Silicon.

Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) has released a new resource estimate for the Lac Mequillon nickel-copper deposit in the Ungava district of Quebec.

Conversion of resources to reserves and a revision of economic cutoff grades have boosted reserves at the Tarkwa-Damang gold operation in Ghana.

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has negotiated iron ore sale commitments from four Chinese steel mills. The commitments have a potential value of US$3.2 billion over the next 10 years.

Although five executives of a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining (NEM-N) were recently arrested in Jakarta over allegations of pollution, the company plans to continue operating in Indonesia.

Absolut — Harry Burgess appointed director; John Tarrant resigned as director.

Vancouver — Capstone Resources (CSG-V) is encouraged by results from diamond drilling at the Cozamin copper-silver-zinc property in Mexico’s Zacatecas state. The company can earn a 90% interest in five advanced Mexican projects…