Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX Venture Exchange, Dec. 2-6

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 2%, or 18.24 points, during the week before closing at 916.65. Markets finished in the red despite rising energy and metals futures, with promising jobs data out of Canada and the U.S. fuelling…



Macusani hits PEA milestone in Peru

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based junior Macusani Yellowcake (TSXV: YEL) has moved one step closer to a production decision at its 900-sq.km uranium portfolio, which lies 180 km northwest of the city of Juliaca in southeastern Peru. On Dec….



CNSX courts struggling juniors

The dire predictions that hundreds of junior miners would be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange this year have turned out to be dead wrong, despite the continuing downturn in the sector, which began in 2011.


The Samaniego pit at McEwen Mining's El Gallo silver-mining complex in Sinaloa, Mexico. Credit: McEwen Mining

Searching for a silver lining

Thomson Reuters GFMS presented their Interim Silver Market Review at the Annual Silver Industry Dinner, in New York on November 12, and while the report points to some distinct advantages that the metal has when compared to the other hard-luck…



Construction workers at Semafo's Mana mine in Burkina Faso. Credit: Semafo

Semafo good to go with Siou and Fofina

Authorities in Burkina Faso have given Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) the go-ahead to develop its Siou and Fofina gold deposits sooner than expected. 


Geologists inspecting core at Castle Mountain Mining's namesake gold project in San Bernardino County, California. Credit: Castle Mountain Mining

Castle Mountain completes maiden resource

Research analysts Joe Mazumdar and Scott McLean of Canaccord Genuity in Vancouver have raised their target price on Castle Mountain Mining (TSXV: CMM) to $1 per share and added the company to the Canaccord Genuity Focus List, after the…


Underground workers at Tahoe Resources' Escobal silver mine in Guatemala. Credit: Tahoe Resources

Tahoe builds on success

The Escobal silver project in Guatemala produced its first metals concentrate on Sept. 30, shipped its first concentrate to smelters on Oct. 15 and is on track to hit full production at the 3,500-tonne-per-day level by the first quarter of…



A dump truck at Augusta Resource's Rosemont copper-molybdenum project in Arizona. Credit: Augusta Resource

Augusta shares whipsawed on EPA commentary

Shareholders of junior outfit Augusta Resource (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT) got a little skittish after the release of a letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by non-government organization Save the Scenic Santa Ritas (SSSR), a…


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