Short Position Report (January 12, 2010)
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
IFC sees promise in Volta’s Kiaka
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning to invest up to $8 million in Volta Resources (VTR-T),…
Eldorado Gold to restart White Mountain mine
A dispute over alleged water contamination that shut down Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T) White Mountain mine in north…
Terra and Novus see promise in Ren
Vancouver – Joint venture partners Terra Ventures (TAS-V) and Novus Gold (NOV-V) are pulling promising gold …
Anatolia discusses resettlement hoops
Of the 50 families living near Anatolia Minerals’ (ANO-T) Copler gold-silver heap leach project in Turkey…
Mirasol builds on the back of the drill
Mirasol Resources (MRZ-V) has built a healthy market run of late and it has done so the good old-fashion way: …
Pinnacle boosts Silver Coin resource
Vancouver – A preliminary economic analysis of Pinnacle Mines’ (PNL-V) Silver Coin project in northwest B…
Goldcorp Battles Penmont For Canplats
VANCOUVER– Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and Minera Penmont have proven themselves worthy adversaries in a bidding war for Canplats Resources (CPQ-V) and its gold-silver-lead-zinc project in Mexico: the origi…
UN Sanctions Against Eritrea To Impede Miners?
Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) says new United Nations Security Council sanctions against Eritrea won’t interfere with its ambitious drilling and exploration plans there in 2010.
Duluth Metals Soars On Nokomis Resource
An expanded resource for the Nokomis polymetallic deposit in Minnesota “confirms” the deposit is “one of the largest valuable mineral assets in the world,” says Henry Sandri, president and chief execu…
First Quantum Picks Up Ravensthorpe From BHP
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) suspended operations at its Ravensthorpe nickel project in Western Australia in January after nickel prices plunged in late 2008 and it encountered a series of operating an…
Queenston Banking On Kirkland Lake To Return To Producer Status
New resource estimates for two of its deposits in the Kirkland Lake camp have brought Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) gold resources in this corner of northeastern Ontario to 640,000 measured and indicated…