Probe Mine’s results add lustre to chromium in the Ring of Fire
One day after Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) announced its takeover bid for Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-V…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Dachang returns good gold hits for Inter-Citic
Vancouver – A slew of strong intercepts from the Dachang gold project in China has put Inter-Citic Minerals’…
Haile grows for Romarco
Vancouver – The extent of mineralization at Romarco Minerals’ (R-V) Haile project in South Carolina continues …
Short Position Report (November 24, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Nov. 15/…
UPDATE: Argonaut raises $150M for Castle Gold takeover
Vancouver – A private firm, Argonaut Gold, has closed a brokered private placement meant to fund its proposed …
Cliffs to acquire chromite deposits from Freewest
Noront Resource’s (NOT-V) hostile takeover bid for Freewest Resources (FWR-V) last month jolted Cliffs Natural…
First Quantum rises on $260-million offer for Zambian explorer Kiwara
Vancouver – Dipping into its US$800-million treasury, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) is buying Zambian base met…
Great Western boosted by Hoidas rare earths resource
Vancouver – Rare-earths explorer Great Western Minerals (GWG-V, GWMFG-O) more than doubled tonnage of mea…
International Quotes (November 23, 2009)
Australia (A$) Nov. 10 Nov. 3 Change Aquila Resources 8.02 7.33 0.69 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.22 0.02 Centennial Coal 3.36 3.22 0.14 Fortescue Res 3.90 3.72 0.18 Iluka R…
Vena Assesses Azulcocha Tailings
Vena Resources (VEM-T, VNARF-O) is looking into mining the tailings at its Azulcocha zinc, manganese and gold project in Peru.
Uncertainty Reigns Over Ecuadorian Royalty Regime
VANCOUVER — Despite signs that a tentative heartbeat is returning to Ecuador’s mining industry, questions still loom over how onerous Ecuador’s royalty regime will be on future producers.Ever since the Ecuadorian government shut down mineral…
Is HudBay’s Fenix An Albatross?
MONTERREY, MEXICO — Canadian miner HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) picked a challenge when it chose to go international last year, taking on one of Central America’s most testing community conflicts at the Fenix nickel project in…