Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Teck Supplies Metal For Olympic Medals

VANCOUVER — The medals that will be awarded at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver are some of the heaviest in the history of the Games and all the metal used in making the big, beauti…


Mergers Friendly And Hostile

Resurgent commodity prices usually translate into a perked-up pace of M&A and other corporate wheeling and dealing in the junior sphere, and the 41st trading week of the year was no different.


Fasken Martineau Heads To Paris

Quebec-based international business law and litigation heavy-hitters, Fasken Martineau, has announced plans to merge with Parisian counterparts Gravel, Leclerc & Partners.



U.S. Markets – OCTOBER 13-19

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 221.13 points or 2.2% to close the Oct. 13-19 reporting period at 10,092.19, while the S&P 500 climbed 24.72 points or 2.3% to 1,097.91. The Nasdaq increased …



TSX Venture Exchange – OCTOBER 13-19

Investors remained active and optimistic over the period of Oct. 13-19, pushing the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index higher four of five days to close the period up 31.42 points at 1338.77. Daily t…


Extract Resources' relentless drilling for uranium in Namibia is earning the company good results.

Extract Hits Third Zone At Rossing South

VANCOUVER — The Rossing South uranium project is already home to 267 million lbs. U 3 O 8 in two adjacent deposits. Now owner Extract Resources (EXT-T, EXRLF-O) has found a third zone at the Namibian…


Hana Hits More High-Grade In Botswana

VANCOUVER — Hana Mining (HMG-V, HNNGF-O) is keeping busy in Botswana — in the last few months, the junior has defined a significant initial resource at its Ghanzi copper-silver project, concluded a …


Workers arrange core at Colossus Minerals' Serra Pelada project in Brazil.

Colossus Delivers More Monster Holes At Serra Pelada

Between 1980 and 1986, the Serra Pelada precious metals deposit in Brazil’s Para state spawned the largest gold rush in Latin American history, producing 2 million oz. gold. Today, Colossus Minerals (…


Farallon Working Away At Campo Morado

VANCOUVER — With a $10-million financing and a US$30-million loan, Farallon Mining (FAN-T, FRLIF-O) has restructured its balance sheet, replacing short-term liabilities with long-term debt, while it …


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