2005

Croesus reverses course

Some better-than-expected infill-drilling results have prompted Australian-based Croesus Mining to go ahead with a …



Shore Gold raises $100m

Vancouver — Diamond explorer Shore Gold (SGF-V) has lined up a $100-million financing, which will see Newmont Mining (NEM-N) take down about half the issue….


Protesters disrupt PDAC gala

On the evening of March 9, a grass hut was erected outside the Canadian Room at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, as part of the Southeast Asian theme of the concluding ceremony of the convent…


Manitoba in the forties

In 1940, from an apartment in Sherridon, Manitoba, my wife Mary saw her first dog team and her first ptarmigan. That year, as the town celebrated New Year’s, the decorations were centred around one of…


Electra Gold CEO focuses on world peace

I am announcing my decision to refuse to pay income tax in the United States and Canada. I have divested myself of all personal assets, redirected these assets toward organizations which are working t…


TNM blows out the candles

Ninety years old and we still have our teeth. As The Northern Miner enters its 91st year as a weekly, Canadian-based mining newspaper, we’re taking time to look back at the momentous news we’ve covere…


Holdup in Kinross year-end financials

Kinross Gold (K-T) will delay the release of its 2004 financial statements to allow a review of its post-merger balance sheet. The company has requested a cease-trade order on insid…


The Northern Miner Indices (March 28, 2005)

The Northern Miner Indices
North American Mining: 119.58 (-3.16)
Small Producers: 101.25 (-7.22)

Spot Prices Tuesday, March 22, 2005 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $430.65 -11.35
Silver $7.11 -0.31
Platin…


The unending NPI dispute

Fourteen years ago, in a Northern Miner article titled “Vendors, operators battle over NPI royalties” (T.N.M., July 29/91), Virginia Heffernan wrote on the dispute between the net-profit-interest (NPI…



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