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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Curator options Crowsnest
Eastfield Resources (ETF-V) has reached an agreement with International Curator Resources (IC-T) concerning exploration of the Crowsnest gold property in southeastern British Columbia.Curator can init…
Placer completes Western Areas deal
Vancouver-based major Placer Dome (PDG-T) has completed its joint-venture agreement with South Africa’s Western Areas for a 50% operating interest in the South Deep deposit, situated in the Witwatersr…
Greenstone pours San Andres gold
Having overcome a few setbacks, Greenstone Resources (GRE-T) has poured its first gold at the San Andres open-pit heap-leach mine in Honduras.The celebration follows several weeks of delays caused by …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — COMMENTARY — Living Legacy a backroom deal
In a letter published in The Northern Miner’s April 20 issue, Chris Hodgson, minister of northern development and mines, defended his Lands For Life initiative by indicating that Ontario’s land-use pl…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — INSIDER TRADING — Comaplex execs secure options
According to insider trading reports published by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin, Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T) issued 795,000 options to four executives in February.Mark Balog, off…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — VSE gains reflect internet-related stocks
As speculative interest in internet-related stocks grows to unparalleled heights, those stocks are beginning to represent a good portion of the most active trading issues by volume on both the Vancouv…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Companies to turn weapons into energy
The governments of the U.S. and the Russian Federation have approved an agreement allowing three international companies to buy uranium derived from Russian nuclear weapons.Cameco (CCO-T) of Canada, C…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — JNR Resources surveys Athabasca Basin
JNR Resources (JNN-V) has completed airborne geophysical surveys over another three of its 10 uranium properties in the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan.Approximately 2,200 line-km were flown …
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Richmont to buy own stock
Montreal-based Richmont Mines (RIC-T) intends to repurchase shares for cancellation. The Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges have accepted the company’s normal course issuer bid, which began March 24…
Hecla buys La Camorra from Monarch
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has signed a letter-of-agreement to pay US$15 million in cash and US$13 million in shares for the La Camorra gold mine in southeastern Venezuela and all remaining assets held by Mo…
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