Canadian miners restart their engines in Ecuador
The government of Ecuador used the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto to a…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
New Gold to merge with Western Goldfields
New Gold (NGD-T) and Western Goldfields (WGI-T) are joining forces to create a diversified gold production base fro…
HudBay battle gets nasty
Vancouver – After spending $460 million to acquire a nickel project that’s now unfeasible to develop and then att…
Minco goes to court over Sunshine mine, unpaid debt
SNS Silver (SNS-V) and Minco Silver (MSV-T) are both claiming rights to the recently-abandoned Sunshine mine near K…
Trevali arranging US$20M loan for Peruvian hydro project
Vancouver – Banco Internacional del Peru (Interbank) and law firm Estudio Eschecopar are helping Trevali Resources …
US Gold reports strong results from El Gallo, Mexico
Rob McEwen, the man who founded Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and discovered one of the world’s richest gold mines at Red La…
Mongolia’s cabinet endorses in principle Oyu Tolgoi draft agreement
Shares of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-q) rose 2% or 11¢ to $5.99 apiece in mid-morning trading following news th…
Border coal beds start to develop for Goldsource
Vancouver – A steady stream of coal intercepts is helping Goldsource Mines’ (GXS-V) share price re-gain some grou…
MacArthur’s $100-million pay day disappears
Vancouver – It seemed too good to be true and it was: MacArthur Minerals (MMS-V) fell 45% on news that a $100-mil…
Lundin loses US$957M in 2008
Vancouver – Lundin Mining (LUN-T) lost almost US$1 billion in 2008 and now carries US$267 million in debt followi…
Rubicon expands its Red Lake jewel
RED LAKE, ONT. – In summer, Red Lake (population 5,000) is a charming place, well known for its abundant fishing …
Nayarit Hunts High Grade At Orion
SITE VISIT ANIMAS, MEXICO — Nayarit Gold’s (NYG-V, NYRTF-O) vice-president of exploration, Hall Stewart, would love to go chasing veins on the company’s 1,120-sq.-km Orion property in Mexico. “The district…