Editorial: Silvercorp’s short-seller headache
The murky and often frivolous world of financial blogs showed its serious side in mid-December.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TSX Venture Exchange, Dec. 16-20
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 6.29 points during the trading sessions en route to closing at 888.18. Markets reacted positively late in the trading period after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted to modestly cut its bond-buying…
Mark O’Dea’s True Gold proves Karma’s potential
VANCOUVER — True Gold Mining (US-OTC: RVREF) can turn its Karma gold project in Burkina Faso into an open-pit heap leach mine generating strong returns for just US$131.5 million, according to a new feasibility study.
Metals, mining and money markets
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U.S. markets, Dec. 16-20
American markets continued their historic march for the period, with year-end selling not yet taking hold. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 462 points to 16,221.14 points, The S&P 500 was up 41 points to 1,818.32 and the Nasdaq…
Pacific Booker’s eye-opening victory in BC’s Supreme Court
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government’s rejection of junior Pacific Booker Minerals’ (TSXV: BKM; NYSE-MKT: PBM) environmental assessment (EA) certificate at its Morrison Lake copper–gold project, located 65 km north of…
Cowen & Co.’s picks as M&A targets in gold’s next growth stage
In a report published early last month on acquisition targets that would make sense in the gold sector, Cowen and Company mining analysts Adam Graf and Misha Levental reason that major producers of the precious metal are still profitable and…
In case you missed it: the most-clicked stories of 2013
It’s been a record year of growth for www.northernminer.com, with the site now attracting more than 85,000 visits per month, and almost half a million unique visitors for all of 2013. Here is a selection of the most-clicked stories over…
Eurasian pushes ahead in Turkey
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Eurasian Minerals (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-MKT: EMXX) started exploring Turkey’s Western Anatolia and Eastern Pontides mineral belts for gold and silver, as well as porphyry copper targets, more than a decade ago,…
Canada Lithium and Sirocco to merge
A merger between Canada Lithium (TSX: CLQ; US-OTC: CLQMF) and Sirocco Mining (TSXV: SIM; US-OTC: ATAAF) would make the combined entity one of just two public companies that produce iodine and lithium, the companies say.
Western Pacific partners with Quintana at Deer Trail
VANCOUVER — In November Western Pacific Resources (TSXV: WRP) was forced to extend its purchase agreement at the historic Deer Lake polymetallic mine, located 266 km southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. But with a new strategic partner…
Commentary: Bill 70 brings some certainty to Quebec
On Dec. 9, 2013, legislators in Quebec agreed to adopt Bill 70, which will reform Quebec’s Mining Act, RSQ, c. M-13.1, thus settling months of negotiations and uncertainty on the matter.