Positive pre-feasibility for Golden Band’s La Ronge
Vancouver – Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) has taken another step towards production with a positive pre-feasib…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Bank of Canada drops overnight rate to 1%
The Bank of Canada today lowered its overnight rate target by half a percentage point to an all-time record low of …
GFMS: gold’s long-term fundamentals still strong
Probably the most encouraging news for miners in mid-January came out of GFMS’s newly tabled supply and demand stat…
Botswana returning copper-silver hits for Hana Mining
Vancouver – New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mini…
Rusoro extends deadline for Gold Reserve offer
Less than 3% of Gold Reserve’s (GRZ-T) shares have been tendered so far in Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V) hostile takeover…
Short Position Report (January 20, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Jan. 15/09 (w…
North American Palladium ups resource at Lac des Iles
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-N) has increased indicated resources at its shuttered Lac des Iles mine near T…
Great Western Minerals looks to South Africa for rare earths
As China continually tightens its reigns on rare earth exports, Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-V) is trying to s…
Ring of Fire strong in silver and zinc too
Since 2007 when Noront Resources (NOT-V) discovered a high-grade nickel-copper-platinum-palladium deposit in the Ja…
More gold for Osisko
With a feasibility study and a 6.3 million oz. reserve already done on its main orebody Osisko Mining (OSK-T) wants…
Regent takes reins at Barrick
It is not every day that the world’s largest gold company changes leaders at the helm, but such a rare day occurr…
Alcoa Slices Spending, Workforce
VANCOUVER — Aluminum giant Alcoa (AA-N) is slashing production levels, jobs, and expenditures in an attempt to keep the company strong during these “extraordinary times”.