Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,560/t.

Vancouver — Initial assays from Kaieteur Resource‘s (KTR-V) Altan Uul (Gold Mountain) project, in the south Gobi region of Mongolia, failed to show pervasive gold mineralization.

Rejecting a sweetened bid from Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N), shareholders of Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) have voted heavily in favour of the company’s proposed merger deal with Iamgold (IM…

The TSX Venture Exchange took a hit during the report period June 2-8, losing nearly 33 points to close at 1571.25. The price of gold has been unsure which way to go and ended the period at US$391 per oz. in New York, down from US$394 per oz. in t…

Vancouver — Diamond drilling by Lumina Copper (LUM-V) has intersected wide intervals of copper mineralization on the Regalito project in central Chile.

Diamond explorers are returning to Sierra Leone and neighbouring West African countries amid signs that political stability is taking hold in the region after years of civil war.

After enjoying success in the Northwest Territories, some members of the original Snap Lake discovery team formed Nordic Diamonds (NDL-V) and began exploring Scandinavia in search of diamonds.

It’s back to the drawing board for Dunsmuir Ventures (DVV-V).

Vancouver — A delay in public hearings on the proposed development of the Doris North gold deposit in Nunavut has forced Miramar Mining (MAE-T) to push back the startup date to mid-2006 from late 2005.

Intrepid Minerals (IAU-V) has intersected impressive gold, silver and bornite-chalcopyrite mineralization — all in one hole — at its San Cristobal project, 20 km northeast of San Miguel, El Salvador.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 8 (change from May 28 in brackets):…