TSX Venture falls to historic low, Jan.11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index is reaching historic lows, falling 5%, or 25.71 points, to a 488.96-point close.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Teck inks deal with Lorraine Copper
VANCOUVER — It’s been over a decade since Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) first optioned the Lorraine copper-gold project in north-central B.C. from Lorraine Copper (TSXV: LCC), but now the major is set to relinquish its 51%…
Kaminak boosts confidence in Coffee with new studies
VANCOUVER — It’s hard to find a flaw in Kaminak Gold’s (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) Coffee gold project, 130 km south of Dawson City in the Yukon. The economics of a proposed heap-leach operation have held up through…
Peter George fined and sanctioned for QP work
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) has reached a consent order with Peter Thomas George in which he has agreed to pay a $15,000 fine and $20,000 towards APEGBC’s legal costs for a…
Baja says commercial production is around the corner at Boleo
Tom Ogryzlo has been working hard to resuscitate Baja Mining (TSXV: BAJ) and its copper-cobalt-zinc Boleo project in Mexico since he was named interim CEO in May 2012 — a post he still holds to this day.
Commentary: BC explorers need reliable access to land to make discoveries
British Columbia’s mineral exploration and development industry will continue to make enormous contributions to our economic and social well-being, despite the current global downturn in commodity prices and lower investment levels. With…
Skeena grows GJ’s resource in BC
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has updated the resource estimate for the Donnelly and North Donnelly copper-gold deposits on its GJ property, in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern B.C.
Editorial: Oil-to-gold ratio hitting all-time high
We’ve had another momentous week in the commodity markets, with oil prices dropping to 13-year lows below US$30 per barrel, copper sliding under US$2 per lb., the Canadian dollar dipping under US70¢ and world stock markets hobbling…
Optimism remains for investment in Northwest Territories
VANCOUVER — The Northwest Territories, which has led Canada in diamond and tungsten production, became a single-commodity producer in late 2015 after North American Tungsten (CVE: NTC) closed its Cantung Mine, 300 km from Watson Lake,…
Endeavour, Detour exit 2015 on a high note
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) and Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) — two of the gold sector’s top share-price performers last year — reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year production results in 2015…
Commentary: Tapped resources – Water use and its impact on mining in Canada
Scrutiny of water-use policies and regulations, and concern that provincial governments across Canada need to better regulate industrial water use, have become more prominent in recent years, particularly after the recent droughts in B.C. and…
Imperial suspends open pit at Huckleberry in BC
VANCOUVER — Steve Robertson, spokesperson for Huckleberry Mines and vice-president of corporate affairs for Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF), says there’s value left in the ground at the open-pit Huckleberry copper mine, 88…