Commentary: How to pick gold stocks in a falling gold price environment
BMO Capital Markets’ recent report entitled “Flight to Quality” is perfectly timed for investors who have had their emotions roiled by the latest downswing in the gold price.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Short Position Report
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Apr. 30/13 (with changes from Apr….
Lac Lamle off to a good start
Fancamp Exploration’s (FNC-V) first resource estimate on its Lac Lamêlée South iron project in the Fermont mining district of Quebec has outlined 520 million tonnes grading 39.5% iron at a 22% iron cut-off grade—about…
Trevali ‘more than a one-trick pony,’ Haywood says
New Brunswick has given the green light to Trevali Mining (TV-T) to operate its Caribou mine and mill complex in the Atlantic province’s Bathurst mining camp, and the zinc-focused development company says it expects to fire up the mill…
Editorial: Tweaking the TFWP
Though the abuses started several years ago, the importing of low-wage Chinese miners by HD Mining International to B.C. late last year and the CBC’s recent revelation on Go Public that the Royal Bank has been laying off skilled,…
Tahoe comments on Escobal violence [Updated with state of emergency and higher royalty]
Tahoe Resources (THO-T, TAHO-N) is voluntarily hiking its net smelter return royalty to 5% from the state-mandated 1%, as escalating protests and violence involving its Escobal silver project culminated in Guatemalan authorities imposing a…
Passport sees potash aplenty in Arizona
Is it possible to build a potash mine right beside Arizona’s treasured Petrified Forest National Park? Vancouver-based Passport Potash (PPI-V) believes so, and has in hand a new preliminary economic assessment that’s giving it the…
Homestake tallies resource, passes project to Agnico
VANCOUVER — Homestake Resource (HSR-V) is turning the page on nine years of exploration at its Homestake Ridge gold-silver property on the Iskut-Stewart-Kitsault belt, 32 km northwest of Alice Arm, B.C. A final resource update on April 25…
Capstone buys BHP’s Pinto Valley
VANCOUVER — Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets so that they can optimize key operations, shore up earnings and cut back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…
Falco finds gold in Horne’s old data
Falco Pacific Resource Group (FPC-V) secured the jewel of Canada’s mining history just as markets tightened. But rather than let the conditions get it down, the company wound up proving that necessity is indeed the mother of invention…
Agnico’s steady hand in choppy waters
The downturn in the gold market may be making investors anxious, but the head of one of Canada’s most prominent gold miners, Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), is staying as cool as a spring breeze in Nunavut.
Goldrock nears construction decision with positive Lindero feasibility study
VANCOUVER — With a new name, a revamped management team and now a feasibility study for its flagship Lindero gold project in Argentina, Goldrock Mines (GRM-V) is striding towards its goal of becoming a gold producer.