Letter to the editor: SEG and IQ
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Golden Star rises on resource update, Q3 earnings
Shares of Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; AMEX: GSS) have gained some shine after the miner posted a third-quarter earnings beat followed by a resource update at its Wassa gold mine in Ghana.
Nemaska has a patented edge at Whabouchi
Nemaska Lithium’s (TSXV: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) Whabouchi deposit has always had the grade, but now it’s looking to marry nature’s gift with a patented extraction process that could offer a market advantage.
Editorial: Is Pretium petering out?
The Pretium saga brings to mind the old joke about the ever-optimistic geologist seeing that the glass is half full, while the mining engineer sees only that the glass should be reduced in size by 50%.
Metals, mining and money markets
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U.S. markets, Oct. 28 – Nov. 1
U.S. markets gained momentum during the trading week as investors assessed corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 45 points to 15,615.55. The broader S&P 500 Index edged up nearly 2 points to 1,761.64. The Nasdaq…
Polyus hit by lower gold prices
Even the Russians are feeling the bite of a bitter gold market. The country’s biggest gold producer Polyus Gold (LSE: POLG; US-OTC: OPYGY) reported that revenues were off 9% for the quarter, compared to the same period last year.
Digging into the Ross River ruling by the Yukon Supreme Court
VANCOUVER — In September the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by the Yukon government of a case that had caused a stir across the industry. The case involved a 2011 ruling by the Yukon Supreme Court, pursuant to a claim by the…
Barrick shelves Pascua-Lama
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has suspended construction at its controversial Pascua-Lama gold-silver project in Argentina and Chile, citing lower metal prices and regulatory and legal uncertainties.
Suncor, Total and Teck green-light $14B Fort Hills oilsands megaproject
Suncor Energy (TSX: SU; NYSE: SU) and its partners Total E&P Canada Ltd. (a subsidiary of Paris-based Total (NYSE: TOT) and Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) are proceeding with the Fort Hills oilsands mine project in Alberta’s…
Capstone’s Minto keeps on growing
MINTO LANDING, YUKON — When the Minto mine started up in 2007 it was an open-pit copper-gold-silver operation with a projected four-year mine life and a 1,600-tonne-per-day throughput. But Sherwood Copper knew the potential at Minto was…
Brixton poised to solve geological puzzle at Thorn
ATLIN, B.C. — It’s been a tough time for juniors trying to fund grassroots exploration, but it helps when high-profile investors take notice and decide to support a project. And that’s been the case for…