Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A large haul truck is filled with ore at Red Back Mining's Chirano gold mine in Ghana's Bibiani gold belt.

Red Back ramps up exploration in Ghana

Vancouver — With one gold mine up and running in Ghana, Red Back Mining (RBI-T, RBIFF-O) has turned its attention to several regional exploration projects, including the top-priori…


African Copper busy with Botswana revivals

Some impressive results from a pair of advanced copper projects in Botswana have seen shares in London-based explorer African Copper (ACU-T, ACU-L) enjoy a strong run of late….


Scotch’d, not killed

The political scholar Eugene Forsey called the 1957 Canadian federal election, the defeat of St. Laurent’s Liberal government and the entry of a Conservative minority, “our great deliverance.” The inf…



Bullion Forecast 2006

What will gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices do in 2006? While most bullion prices won’t likely approach their all-time highs, we predict good things for all the precious metals this year –…


Motapa targets southern African diamonds

Vancouver — With a well-pedigreed board, Motapa Diamonds (MTP-V, MOPDF-O) has taken up the diamond hunt in southern Africa, focusing on emerging kimberlite provinces within relativ…


TSX zeros in on 12,000-mark

The TSX Composite Index added 214.1 points to end the Jan. 24-30 report period at another record close of 11,947.47. The gold index recovered from last period’s stumble, plus some, adding 9.58 points…




New World takes plunge in Bolivia

Vancouver — In the face of a recent major shift towards socialism in Bolivia, New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) is optioning the Lipea gold and copper project in the southwestern…


Paladin jumps on cake sales

Shares in emerging uranium producer Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PALAF-O) jumped around 12% in early trading in Toronto on Jan. 19, after the company inked its first sales contract cov…



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