Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at June 15/14 (with changes from May 31/14).
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Another Turkish porphyry for Pilot and Teck
VANCOUVER — With its first hole into a new target, Pilot Gold (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) has found a copper–gold porphyry at its TV Tower project in Turkey, reinforcing the district-scale potential of the large land package.
Pilot hits oxide gold at Kinsley, pursues Cadillac
VANCOUVER — With just a few holes Pilot Gold (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) has defined another gold zone at its Kinsley Mountain gold project in Nevada, just a kilometre away from the high-grade Western Flank zone it discovered less than a…
Editorial: Ring road of fire?
The surprisingly strong majority win by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and her Liberal party in the provincial election in mid-June has given a boost to potential infrastructure development in the Ring of Fire chromite and base metals camp in…
Royal Nickel strikes again with True North
Less than two months after Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) acquired a strategic 25% stake in Sudbury Platinum, which is advancing the Aer-Kidd nickel–cobalt–platinum group metals project in the Sudbury basin, the junior has…
El Nino options DRC copper play after arbitration win
VANCOUVER — It was a long battle for junior El Nino Ventures (TSXV: ELN, US-OTC: ELNOF), but after half a decade of legal wrangling the company has finally secured its 70% ownership rights in the Kasala copper discovery, 70 km…
TSX soars, June 9-13
The Toronto Stock Exchange climbed near the record high it reached six years ago, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index adding 163 points to end at 15,001.61, slightly below the record close of 15,073 set in June 2008 before the recession.
B2Gold to acquire Papillon Resources
Over the last six years, B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) has looked at scores of properties that it considered adding to its portfolio of assets, which includes two mines in Nicaragua, one mine in the Philippines, another under construction in…
TSX Venture on the rise, June 9-13
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index finished in the black for the second straight week, up 9.88 points to close at 997.33. Oil futures were driven upward by political instability in Iraq, while the U.S. Commerce Department reported retail…
Tentative deal could end lengthy South African platinum strike
VANCOUVER — An agreement in principle looks set to end the longest strike in South Africa’s mining history, 21 weeks after more than 70,000 platinum miners walked off the job demanding a near tripling of wages.
U.S. equities waver on global tensions, June 9-13
An insurgency by a radical Islamist group in Iraq and renewed tensions in the Ukraine put downward pressure on U.S. equity markets during the week, but pushed oil and gold prices up, lifting the fortunes of many precious metal companies. The…
Open letter: Uranium, BAPE and social acceptability in Quebec
The 70 Quebec scientists and professionals from industry and academia who have signed this open letter are committed to using their know-how in an ethical, socially responsible and environmentally responsible manner. Exploration for and…