Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Vancouver Armed with a new $1 million financing, Castleworth Ventures (WTH-V) has launched a 5,500 ft. reverse ci…

Now entering its seventh month as owner and operator of the Jerritt Canyon gold mine in northeastern Nevada’s Indep…

Vancouver – KWG Resources (KWG-V) has sold its 8% stake in Spider Resources’ (SPQ-V) McFauld’s Lake joint venture p…

Vancouver — Tournigan Gold (TVC-V) has purchased two more exploration permits in the Republic of Ireland, increasing its land position in the region to 2,022 sq. km.The permits host two gold zones re…

U.S. markets were a little stronger in the first few days of 2004, with the S&P 500 index adding 14.03 points over the trading period Dec. 30-Jan. 6 to finish at 1,123.67.The U.S.-listed golds were mi…

Vancouver — A second phase of drilling by Cassidy Gold (CDY-V) has confirmed the high-grade nature of the Kouroussa property in Guinea, West Africa.Last year, the Kamloops, B.C.-based junior tested t…

It was a long time coming, but from the vantage point of early 2004, we can probably screw up our courage and declare the long resource-industry slump over, and maybe call 2003 the Year of the Bullion…

Vancouver — Lumina Copper (LUM-V) has inked a deal with Andes Pacific Development to acquire the Relincho copper property, 630 km north of Santiago, Chile.The 195-sq.-km property contains several por…

After looking at estimated relative metal price performances for 2004, copper looks to be the strongest, and we believe there are strong fundamental reasons for an aggressive annual average cash price…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$428.00+12.40Silver$6.28 +0.37Platinum$850.00+38.00…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,280/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.00/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.62/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$17.90-22.50/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$1.0705/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$320/kg.Irid…

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