Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With an eye on advancing the El Dorado gold-silver project in El Salvador, Dayton Mining (DAY-T) and Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) have proposed an all-stock merger.Pacific Rim President Catherine McLeod…

An independent scoping study on the La Fortuna copper-gold deposit in north-central Chile has come back positive for partners Metallica Resources (MR-T) and Noranda Resources (NRD-T).Noranda, which ca…

Minires du Nord (MDN-T) has secured a US$4-million loan facility arranged by RMB Resources, a South African-based financial institution.The money will more than cover MDN’s funding requirements for 2…

Vancouver — Disappointing drill results have prompted mining titan Barrick Gold (ABX-T) to stop work on the California and Surf properties in the Goodpaster district of Alaska.The properties are adja…

Vancouver — Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-V) has found an area of high-grade gold mineralization on its Phuoc Son property in central Vietnam.The discovery occurred 7 km northwest of the Bai Go and B…

Placer Dome (PDG-T) has agreed to earn up to a 70% interest in Minefinders’ (MFL-T) 35-sq.-km El Malacate project, part of the larger Northern Sonora property in Mexico.Placer can earn a 51% stake by …

With the Normandy, Newmont and AngloGold takeover saga commanding the market’s attention, South Africa’s Harmony Gold Mining (HGMCY-Q) is taking a run at Australia’s Hill 50 Gold, which last year prod…

Despite the distinction of being the largest producer of diamonds by volume, churning out around one-quarter of the world’s supply, the Argyle mine accounts for an estimated market share of only 6% by…

European Goldfields (EGU-V) has completed a non-brokered private placement of 1.5 million shares priced at $3.10 apiece.The company intends to use the $4.6 million in gross proceeds to fund exploratio…