Fewer mining dollars spent and earned in BC
VANCOUVER — In its forty-sixth annual mining industry survey, PwC’s Digging Deep: The Mining Industry in British Columbia 2013 reflects a difficult year for the sector across all commodities.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial: Barclays fined again, this time over gold
For gold bugs, a less pithy corollary of Joseph Heller’s dictum “just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you,” could be: Just because you imagine gold-price suppression in every corner of the gold…
[Update] Edgewater moves to consolidate Enchi project
VANCOUVER — Eight months ago junior Edgewater Exploration (TSXV: EDW) was hit with a permitting delay at its flagship Corcoesto gold project 35 km due southwest of the port city of La Coruna in Spain. Edgewater had been hoping to…
Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at May 15/14 (with changes from April 30/14).
TSX and TSX-Venture exchange warrants
The following mining-related warrants are now trading on the TSX and TSX Venture exchanges:
Bond deal lets Inca One ramp up in Peru
VANCOUVER – A creative debt package is giving Inca One Resources (TSXV: IO) the $5.5 million it needs to expand Chala, the gold mill in Peru where the company processes ore from artisanal miners.
Kombat Copper completes resource in Namibia
Kombat Copper (TSXV: KBT) has completed its first resource estimate on a past-producing copper mine in Namibia.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, May 20 2014 Precious MetalsPrice…
Exeter lays out options for Caspiche
VANCOUVER — Exeter Resource’s (TSX: XRC; NYSE-MKT: XRA) Caspiche project in northern Chile hosts proven and probable reserves exceeding 19 million oz. gold and 4.6 billion lb. copper. Such a large deposit had Exeter envisioning a…
Orbite eyes high-grade alumina production in 2015
Orbite Aluminae (TSX: ORT; OTCQX: EORBF) says its high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Cap-Chat, Que., is on track to reach commercial production early next year.
Second gold discovery for Orca Gold in Sudan
VANCOUVER — In the first drill program ever to test the 7,000 sq. km Block 14 property in Sudan, Orca Gold (TSXV: ORG; US-OTC: CANWF) pulled intercepts like 2.39 grams gold per tonne over 63 metres, 3.7 grams gold over 31 metres and 13.6…
Kinross steadies operations, cuts costs
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is meeting the challenge of lower gold prices the old-fashioned way: by driving down costs and producing more gold.