Metals, mining and money markets
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Seabridge goes deeper at KSM in BC
Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) chairman and CEO Rudi Fronk says the company anticipates good news from the exploration program it has launched at its KSM gold–copper project in northwestern B.C.
World Gold Council spearheads review of London gold fix
VANCOUVER — The gold industry appears to be reacting to growing scrutiny over the century-old method that determines the daily spot price of gold. On June 18 the World Gold Council — a market-development organization composed of top…
Lake Shore prepays $10M in debt
Toronto-based Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE-MKT: LSG) says its strong operating results and growing cash position has helped it make a $10-million prepayment on a standby line of credit with Sprott Resource Lending Partnership, reducing the…
Guyana Goldfields fully funds Aurora
Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) has secured financing to bring its Aurora gold project in Guyana into production by mid-2015. The good news came in the form of approvals by a group of lenders to provide US$185 million in debt financing to cover…
New ideas pan out for Mega Precious at Monument Bay
VANCOUVER — From new holes to old cores, and from gold to tungsten, Mega Precious Metals (TSXV: MGP; US-OTC: MPRXF) has been uncovering potential at the Monument Bay project in northeastern Manitoba.
U.S. equities surge, June 16-20
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest suggestion that it would keep interest rates low seemed to outweigh concerns about the renewed turmoil in Iraq, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index to record highs. The…
Steady hands whip Detour Lake into shape
COCHRANE, ONTARIO — When you look at the careers of Detour Gold’s (TSX: DGC) chief operating officer Pierre Beaudoin and president and CEO Paul Martin, it’s almost as if both men had been groomed for their task of bringing the…
Dundee dives into Canadian diamonds
Canadian diamonds are coming back into fashion, and analysts at Dundee Capital Markets have noticed, initiating coverage of two diamond developers in Canada and three advanced explorers.
Probe Mines’ high-grade underground resource at Borden
Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) has published the first high-grade underground resource estimate for its Borden gold project, located on the outskirts of Chapleau, west of Timmins, Ont.
First Quantum to buy Lumina Copper for $470M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; LSE: FQM) has made a friendly $470-million takeover offer for Lumina Copper (TSXV: LCC; US-OTC: LCPRF), ending a sale process for the junior and its Taca Taca copper–gold–molybdenum project in…
Commentary: Northern Gateway – forcing BC to face land claims question
VANCOUVER — It’s a fight over oil, not metals or coal, but mineral explorers and developers across B.C. — indeed, across Canada — will watch closely to see how Enbridge fares in the battle to build the now-approved…