MagIndustries Raises $26M For Kouilou
VANCOUVER — A $26-million financing is giving MagIndustries (MAA-V, MAAFF-O) enough cash to continue construction at its Kouilou potash project in the Republic of Congo until the company can conclude…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Puget Sees Lustre In Base Metals
Plummeting prices and demand didn’t discourage Puget Ventures’ (PVS-V) president, Erin Airton, from forming a junior focused on base metals over the last year. In fact, she says it seemed like the log…
Passendro gold resource grows for Axmin
Vancouver – The measured and indicated resource in the Main zone of Axmin’s (AXM-V, AXMIF-O) Passendro project in…
IMF sales don’t weigh down gold price
The price of gold held its own despite the dreaded approval of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) selling…
Sulliden shifts into high gear at Shahuindo
After five long years, dozens of trips to the courthouse and a $13.5 million-settlement, Sulliden Exploration (SUE-…
High River updates Bissa gold resource
High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) has boosted the mineral resource at its Bissa gold project in Burkina Faso, 80 km nor…
Silver Standard ramping up Pirquitas production
Vancouver – Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V), a force in mineral exploration for over two…
Teck sells 33% of Waneta Dam for $825 million
Vancouver – In its latest debt-reduction move, Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) is selling a 33% stake in its Wane…
Lithium Americas gets down to business
Lithium Americas Corp., a private company being set up by Latin American Minerals (LAT-V) and an Argentinean borax …
Positive prefeasibility for Potash One’s long-life Legacy mine
Vancouver – Backed by a resource of more than 1 billion tonnes of potassium chloride, a prefeasibility study for …
Short Position Report (June 18, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at June 15/09 (w…
BHP delays Chilean expansion projects
The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects …