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…
Wildcat touts manganeseupside at Hermosa in Arizona
VANCOUVER — The full picture is coming into focus for Wildcat Silver (TSXV: WS; US-OTC: WLDVF) at its flagship Hermosa polymetallic project, 80 km southeast of Tucson, Ariz. Though the company has released two preliminary economic…
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,…
Golden Band to halt mining operations at La Ronge
Golden Band Resources (TSXV: GBN) is indefinitely suspending its Roy Lloyd and Golden Heart gold mines and the Jolu mill in northern Saskatchewan, starting Jan. 1, 2014.
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…
TNM’s 2013 Mining Persons of the Year: Fission’s Ross McElroy and Dev Randhawa
Since the days of the Manhattan project, there have been three conventional rules for finding uranium mineralization in Saskatchewan: it occurs in the Athabasca basin, usually in the lowest sandstone unit that’s in contact with the…
Conflict at Buritica leaves two artisanal miners dead
Building a commercial-scale mine in Colombia is no small task.