True Gold takes another step at Karma
True Gold Mining(TSXV: TGM) is closer to making its Karma project in Burkina Faso into a mine.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Panoro improves Antilla’s copper metrics in Peru
Panoro Minerals (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) has grown its copper resource by 38% and its molybdenum resource by 53% at its wholly owned Antilla project, 140 km southwest of the city of Cuzco and 120 km southwest of its Cotabambas project in…
TSX Venture Exchange, Dec. 27-Jan. 3
The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index continued its rally to start the new year, with a late-December run fueling a 2.8% or 25.7 point gain during the Dec. 27-Jan. 3 trading sessions en route to a 944.71 point close. Gains were driven by…
Coro to sell 70% stake in Argentina copper-gold project
Two private companies, one based in Russia and the other in the Ukraine, have signed an agreement with Coro Mining (TSX: COP; US-OTC: CROJF) to buy 70% of its wholly owned San Jorge copper–gold project in Mendoza, a province in Argentina…
Iamgold options into Solvista Gold’s Caramanta project
Shares of Solvista Gold (TSXV: SVV) rose 31% after Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) signed an option agreement for the junior’s Caramanta gold project in Colombia.
Guest editorial: A heap of trouble for the junior sector
A pillar of the Toronto mining community, Ed Thompson kicked off the new year by resigning from his many directorships in junior mining companies. As he tells The Northern Miner, part of the reason for doing so all at once was that he was…
Amara reports largest resource in Ivory Coast
Amara Mining (TSX: AMZ; LSE: AMA) has expanded resources at its Yaoure project in the Ivory Coast from 2.7 million oz. gold grading an average of 1.1 grams gold per tonne to 6.3 million oz. gold averaging 1.3 grams gold per tonne, and claims…
Kirkland Lake Gold launches strategic review
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGI) kicked off 2014 with news that it is exploring alternatives to “enhance shareholder value that include a potential sale of the company’s shares or assets” and has set up a special…
Champion and Cartier complete Penguin Lake resource
Champion Iron Mines (TSX: CHM; US-OTC: CPMNF) has increased the historic resource at its Penguin Lake iron project tenfold in the southern portion of the Labrador Trough, 110 km southwest of the town of Fermont.
Sherritt sells all its coal mines to Westmoreland, Altius
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is firming up its balance sheet and putting itself in a position to take advantage of perceived low prices for non-coal mining assets.
Roxgold finds more cash to advance Yaramoko
Roxgold (TSXV: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Roxgold plans to add cash to its balance sheet by acquiring a private company called XDM Royalty Corp. in an all-share deal.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, January 7, 2014Precious MetalsPrice…