Rubicon Hikes Red Lake Spending
As soon as Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) completes a $25-million first-phase drill program at the Phoenix gold project in Red Lake at the end of the first quarter of 2010, it will embark on a $60-mi…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Avanti Delivers Positive Prefeasibility For Kitsault
VANCOUVER — With the receipt of a positive prefeasibility study, Avanti Mining (AVT-V) has taken another step towards its goal of reopening the historic Kitsault molybdenum mine in northern British C…
First Quantum Rises On $260M Offer For Kiwara
VANCOUVER — Dipping into its US$800-million treasury, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) is buying Zambian base metals explorer Kiwara (KWR-J) in a cash-and-shares deal worth US$260 million. Investors hap…
Brett Gains On Hammond Reef Study
VANCOUVER — A positive scoping study of the Hammond Reef gold project in Ontario sent Brett Resources (BBR-V) shares on a week-long climb, during which they gained 28% to reach a new all-time high of…
CBR Gold gains on high-grade Niblack hits
Vancouver – If the last few drill holes are any indication, there is a whole lot of high-grade mineralizatio…
Cardero gets the money
Vancouver – For Cardero Resources (CDU-T) getting a final US$88 million payment for its Pampa de Pongo ir…
Letter to the Editor: Freewest not yet in the bag for Cliffs
I have been following your coverage of the takeover struggle between Cliffs Natural Resources and Noront Res…
Pediment gains gold heft in Mexico
Pediment Gold (PEZ-T) has finished its first resource estimate at its La Colorada gold and silver project in M…
Firstgold gets caught between two superpowers
After spending $16 million over the last two years developing a processing facility at its Relief Canyon mine …
Canada Lithium rides the cleantech wave
A mink scuttles across some new ice at the perimeter of a retaining pond at Canada Lithium’s (CLQ-V) Quebec pr…
Royal Gold tops Franco-Nevada’s bid for International Royalty
Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) has signed an agreement to acquire International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) for $749 mi…
Rainy River rises on Richardson drilling
Vancouver – December has been a good month for Rainy River Resources (RR-V), as a steady stream of high-grad…