FNX stops Sudbury nickel production indefinitely
FNX Mining (FNX-T) is halting nickel production at its Levack mine and adjoining McCreedy West mine in Sudbury, Ont…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Bad notes delay Norsemont payment
The frozen asset backed commercial paper market continues to effect miners as Norsemont Mining (NOM-T) announced it…
ECU Silver boosts resource at Velardena project
In the fourth resource estimate for the Velardena district properties in Mexico’s Durango state, ECU Silver M…
Selwyn finds yet another zinc-lead zone
Vancouver – Results are rolling in from a summer exploration program at the Selwyn Resources’ (SWN-V) namesake proj…
Platmin sells majority stake for US$175M
Vancouver – In exchange for US$175 million, enough to finish construction of the Pilanesberg platinum mine in South…
Gabriel Resources goes back to the drawing board
Romania’s Supreme Court has annulled a crucial archaeological certificate that Gabriel Resources (GBU-T, GBRR…
Houston Lake Mining digs Dogpaw
Seventy-six percent of the holes Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) has drilled on its Dogpaw Lake property near …
Linear says new resource makes KM61 prefeasibilty-ready
Linear Metals (LRM-T) has come out with a resource estimate for its KM61 copper-moly-silver project near Armstrong,…
Short Position Report (December 09, 2008)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Nov 30/08 (wi…
Great Basin Gold buys mill for Hollister
Vancouver – Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) is trying to get two mines into production within the next six months and in r…
Fortress cuts 111 metres of 19 grams gold
Vancouver – Fortress Minerals (FST-V) pulled out a long and tantalizingly high-grade gold intercept from the Amy zo…
Mexivada starts artisanal diamond mining in Sierra Leone
The 968-carat “Star of Sierra Leone” diamond was discovered in 1972 — just a few miles north of where …