Silvercorp turning on China’s silver tap (August 20, 2008)
Record production brought in higher revenues for Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T), and the company maintained its status a…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Skybridge coring good grades in Nunavut
Vancouver – The Downie brothers are at it again.Last September the brothers, who founded and ultimately sold Wo…
Gateway and Victoria to merge
Vancouver – Victoria Gold (VIT-V) will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Gateway Gold (GTQ-T) in a friendly …
GobiMin upgrades Yellow Mountain
Vancouver As it continues to sink shafts at its Yellow Mountain property about 100 km southeast of Hami city in n…
Spurred on in China (August 19, 2008)
Second quarter results showed Spur Ventures (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) to be well on its way to becoming a key fertilizer sup…
Victory Nickel bids for Independent Nickel
Victory Nickel (NI-T) hopes to expand its nickel holdings in Manitoba and has made an unsolicited, all-share takeov…
Red Hill to sample Ulaan Ovoo coal
Red Hill Energy (RH-V) is combining a bulk sample program with an open pit expansion program at its Ulaan Ovoo coal…
Sultan Minerals drills moly, identifies new tungsten zone at Jersey-Emerald
Vancouver For Sultan Minerals (SUL-V), five million tonnes is the magic number. Sultan president and CEO Arthur T…
SilverCrest Mines takes two steps forward at Santa Elena
SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, STVZF-O) has checked off two more boxes on its “to-do” list before it can move its Sant…
Chinese zirconium play lists on the TSX
Rock samples taken from several Apollo space missions suggest that zirconium is found in higher concentrations on t…
More gold for Aquila
Aquila Resources (AQA-T) got a slight lift from drills testing a porphyry deposit at its Back Forty project in Mich…
Rio Tinto to expand Corumba
Strong iron ore prices and rising demand in South America and the Middle East are behind Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) latest announcement that it will invest US$2.15 billion in a major expansion of its …