Barrick jumps last regulatory hoop
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has granted its approval for Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) friendly, US$10.4-bi…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Atna cuts more Ogee high grade
The Ogee zone at the past-producing Pinson mine project in northeastern Nevada is starting to live up to its name f…
Gold Fields’ sweetener sour to Scion
Wednesday brought new twists to the proposed Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFIJ-J) and Bolivar Gold (BGC-T) deal as Gold Fiel…
Inspiration pulls long nickel intersection (January 11, 2006)
Drilling at the Langmuir nickel deposit, southeast of Timmins, Ont., has intersected several long intersections of …
Goldcorp takes a stake in lonore neighbour
Having thoroughly kicked the tires at the recently acquired lonore gold discovery in the James Bay region of Queb…
Partners find new Brauna dike (January 11, 2006)
Prospecting by partners Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) and Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-V) has turned up a new kimberlite di…
Southern Arc inks Indonesian deal with Newmont
Vancouver – A newly inked agreement with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) sets the stage for Southern Arc Minerals (…
Constellation tests metallurgy at Terrazas
Vancouver – Column leach tests on four composite bulk samples have returned encouraging extraction results from th…
Mag Silver hits high-grade at Batopilas
Vancouver – The first round of drilling at the Batopilas project in the historic Mexican mining district of the sa…
Northern Dynasty examines a bigger Pebble
A successful drilling campaign in 2005 has prompted Hunter-Dickinson-led junior Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, N…
Yukon Zinc confirms Wolverine resources (January 10, 2006)
Vancouver – A recently completed infill drilling and test-mining program has upgraded resources at the Wolverine d…
CVRD swapping old debt for new
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has issued US$1 billion in notes in a move to reorganize its debt at a significa…