Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Sister companies River Gold Mines (RIV-T, RVGDF-O) and Wesdome Gold Mines (WDG-V) have struck a deal to merge, combining the former’s gold-producing assets in Ont…

Production from the Penasco and Chile Colorado deposits on Western Silver‘s (WTC-T, Wtz-X) Penasquito project in northeastern Zacatecas state, Mexico, would have a return of 16%, a…

Marine diamond miner Diamond Fields International (DFI-T, DMFDF-O) is moving its head office to Cape Town, South Africa, from Vancouver. The move is slated for early 2006 and is aim…

Drilling by Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V, PMNHF-O) has extended the near-surface Talisker zone on its Highland gold project in northern Ontario….

Vancouver — The engagement is off between Mano River Resources (MNO-V, MNOVF-O, MANA-L) and Petra Diamonds (PDMDF-O, PDL-L, PDL-A), the two having recently termi…

Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) says there will be no significant production shortfall after protestors claiming effects from a 1998 cyanide spill held a week-long protest that blocke…

Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a break from a month-long sparring match on Dec. 11, as Placer agreed to drop its poison pill in e…

Exploration by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) at the Corner Bay project southeast of Chibougamau, Que., has established a new resource figure on the copper deposit….

Toronto stocks succumbed to a late bout of profit taking to end the Dec. 6-12 report period just 90.48 points higher at 11,099.26. The golds performed similarly, but finished 3.7% better at 236.99; th…

The heavily junior-weighted S&P-TSX Venture Exchange continued its upward march over the Dec. 6-12 report period, propelled by an almost 25-year high in the price of gold at US$540 per oz, while s…