Avanti buys past-producing Kitsault moly mine
The current bull market in mining has been characterized by the redevelopment of many deposits that were mothballed during the long slump in commodity prices. Avanti Mining (AVMI-C, AVNMF-O) is joinin…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
San Anton, Goldcorp boost Cerro del Gallo resource
VANCOUVER — San Anton Resource (SNN-T, SNTRF-O) and Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) have raised the resource estimate for their Cerro del Gallo gold-silver-copper project on the companies’ San Anton property, 2…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE JUNE 24-26
Over a short but not so sweet June 24-26 trading session, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index lost 50.24 points to close at 2,553.37. Average daily trading volumes were lower than usual, at 81.2 m…
Tenajon hits long moly intercepts in Newfoundland
VANCOUVER — From one coast of Canada to the other, Tenajon Resources’ (TJS-V, TJRUF-O) drills have been hitting good molybdenum grades.
Young-Davidson economic, but just barely
VANCOUVER — Forced to mothball production plans for its Kemess North project in British Columbia, Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) turned its attention elsewhere. Now it has been rewarded for its ab…
Conservative but clever: Agnico-Eagle strategy pays off with Goldex opening
SITE VISIT VAL-D’OR, QUE. — While Agnico-Eagles Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) hails its simple mining process as a key to the economic success of its latest mine, that doesn’t mean getting…
Obituary: Maurice ‘Mort’ Brown: Mining devotee dies at 95
Behind a large wooden desk littered with stock tables and back issues of The Northern Miner sits publisher Mort Brown, shuffling stacks of papers and organizing his office while a new editor explains …
Editorial: More confusion for miners in Venezuela
The psychodrama that is Venezuela welled up again onto the world stage during the week ended June 28, the last trading week of the first half of 2008.
U. S. MARKETS JUNE 24-26
Investors ran for cover during the abbreviated June 24-26 trading session as oil prices climbed above US$140 per barrel on Thursday. The same day, Chakib Khelil, president of the Organization of Petro…
Aura set to update Arapiraca resource
VANCOUVER–After a long delay at the lab, the final set of assay results before a resource calculation for Aura Minerals’ (ORA-T, ORAUF-O) Arapiraca project are in and look likely to bolster the size …
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (July 07, 2008)
as of Apr. 1/2008
Old core, new gold at Cochrane Hill
VANCOUVER — By dusting off decades-old drill core and reanalyzing it, Australian-listed Atlantic Gold (ATV-A) has doubled the indicated resources at Cochrane Hill to 200,000 oz. gold, a project 200 k…